[3] In 2005, Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa was reported as having been completely evacuated since 2002 as it was considered a heavy training ground for militants.

[2] On 5 November 2020, Israeli bulldozers demolished most of the village and forced 73 of its Palestinian residents, including 41 children to leave in what was the largest demolition in years.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh accused Israel of timing the demolition for election day in the United States, when the world was distracted.

The Israeli rights group B'Tselem called the demolition "unusually broad", accusing Israel of seeking "to forcibly transfer Palestinian communities in order to take over their land.

[5] The local authorities in Tubas Governorate provided electricity through solar energy, which was later destroyed by Israel, and it controls the sources of water and deprives the Palestinian population of its use.