According to Ilan Pappé, the Jewish troops followed a policy of massacres in villages close to  Arab urban centres, in order to precipitate the flight of the people in the cities and towns nearby.
This was the case of Nasir al-Din near Tiberias, Ein al-Zeitun near Safad, and Tirat Haifa near Haifa.
In all villages groups of "males between the age of 10 and 50", were executed in order to intimidate and terrorise the village population and those living in nearby towns.

Ein al-Zeitun was captured by Palmach troops on May 2, 1948.
Immediately prior to the capture, most of the young and middle-aged males fled the town.
The remaining population was expelled by Israeli forces in the following days.
Between 30 and 70 unarmed Arab prisoners were killed afterwards.
One man, Rashid Khalil,  was killed after a group of the village's inhabitants attempted to return to Ein al-Zeitun.


Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, describing the place in 1992, found that:

The rubble of destroyed stone houses is scattered throughout the site, which is otherwise overgrown with olive trees and cactuses [cacti].
A few deserted houses remain, some with round arched entrances and tall windows with various arched designs.
In one of the remaining houses, the smooth stone above the entrance arch is inscribed with Arabic calligraphy, a fixture of Palestinian architecture.
The well and the village spring also remain.

In 2004 the remains of the Ein al-Zeitun mosque was turned into a milk farm.
The Jewish owner removed the stone that indicated the founding date of the mosque and covered the walls with Hebrew graffiti.
According to Ilan Pappé, the Jewish troops followed a policy of massacres in villages close to  Arab urban centres, in order to precipitate the flight of the people in the cities and towns nearby. This was the case of Nasir al-Din near Tiberias, Ein al-Zeitun near Safad, and Tirat Haifa near Haifa. In all villages groups of "males between the age of 10 and 50", were executed in order to intimidate and terrorise the village population and those living in nearby towns.
Ein al-Zeitun was captured by Palmach troops on May 2, 1948. Immediately prior to the capture, most of the young and middle-aged males fled the town. The remaining population was expelled by Israeli forces in the following days. Between 30 and 70 unarmed Arab prisoners were killed afterwards. One man, Rashid Khalil,  was killed after a group of the village's inhabitants attempted to return to Ein al-Zeitun.

Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, describing the place in 1992, found that:

The rubble of destroyed stone houses is scattered throughout the site, which is otherwise overgrown with olive trees and cactuses [cacti]. A few deserted houses remain, some with round arched entrances and tall windows with various arched designs. In one of the remaining houses, the smooth stone above the entrance arch is inscribed with Arabic calligraphy, a fixture of Palestinian architecture. The well and the village spring also remain. 
In 2004 the remains of the Ein al-Zeitun mosque was turned into a milk farm. The Jewish owner removed the stone that indicated the founding date of the mosque and covered the walls with Hebrew graffiti.
Ein al-Zeitun