▁according ▁to ▁ID F ▁sources . ▁The ▁last ▁three ▁were ▁killed ▁accident ally , ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁report , ▁while ▁ID F ▁suffered ▁one ▁soldier ▁" sl ight ly ▁injured ." ▁ ▁Z ik rin ▁was ▁finally ▁dep op ulated ▁on ▁ 2 2 – 2 3 ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁during ▁the ▁third ▁stage ▁of ▁Operation ▁Y o av ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Y ig al ▁All on . ▁According ▁to ▁Morris , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁vill agers ▁fled ▁before ▁the ▁troops ▁arrived , ▁those ▁who ▁remained ▁were ▁exp elled ▁east wards . ▁According ▁to ▁Morris , ▁Y ig al ▁All on ▁was ▁so ▁successful ▁in ▁completely ▁driving ▁out ▁the ▁local ▁population ▁during ▁Operation ▁Y o ' av , ▁that ▁the ▁vill agers ▁found ▁it ▁almost ▁impossible ▁to ▁" re in fil tr ate " ▁to ▁their ▁old ▁villages , ▁as ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁any ▁local ▁Arab ▁population ▁to ▁help ▁them ▁res ett le . ▁During ▁a ▁military ▁" s we ep " ▁of ▁the ▁villages ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁they ▁found ▁most ▁villages ▁empty . ▁In ▁Z ik rin ▁it ▁is ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁troops ▁found ▁" two ▁Arab s " ▁who ▁" managed ▁to ▁escape ." ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁into ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Israel ▁and ▁the ▁land ▁that ▁had ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁village ▁was ▁left ▁und e velop ed . ▁K ib but z ▁Beit ▁N ir ▁is ▁about ▁ 3   km ▁south ▁of ▁the