"Captured by Iraqi Arab League forces under the command of Iraqi officer, Captain Khaleel Jassim, in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it was ceded to Israel in exchange for territory south of Hebron in the 1949 Israel-Jordan armistice agreement.In March 1949, as the Jordanian army replaced the Iraqi forces, three Israeli brigades moved into positions in Operation "Shin-Tav-Shin".