 Agriculture was both rainfed and irrigated; 1,689 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.During World War II, the villagers also started raising Holstein cows, and by 1947 numerous artesian wells were being used for irrigation.The Filastin newspaper reported that on December 11, 1947, members of a pro-Zionist armed group drove at high speed through the town, throwing bombs at a barbershop and a coffeehouse.