The village was fenced in by Hagana forces purportedly to protect the village against Deir Yassin like incidents . Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira was captured by the Israeli forces of the Givati Brigade during Operation An-Far . '' The New York Times '' reported that it had been occupied on 11 July , blocking an Egyptian attempt to break through to Latrun from the direction of al-Majdal . However , the Haganah claim it was captured during " several clearing operations in the brigade 's rear guard , to eliminate the threat and danger posed by the presence of Arab civilian concentrations to the rear of the front . " Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel and Morris reports that by 27 May 1949 , 21 of the approx 400 former Palestinian Arab villages had been repopulated by newly arrived '' ‘ olim '' , Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira along with Aqir , Zarnuqa , Yibna , Ijzim , Ein Hawd , Tarshiha , Safsaf , Tarbikha , Dayr Tarif and that six more including Deir Yassin were slated for colonization . Two moshavim , Bnei Re'em and Hatzav , were established on al-Masmiyya al-Kabira 's land in 1949 , with Yinon also founded on the village 's former land in 1952 . In 1976 , another new village , Ahva was established on the land . A Palestinian Arab family was able to remain in the area and was used as Shabbat goy by the community of Bnei Re'em
Deir Yassin
Deir Yassin massacre
Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira