 After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, a moshav named Beit Nekofa was founded close to the site by Jewish immigrants from Yugoslavia.In 1962, residents of Bayt Naqubba built a new village named Ein Naqquba, south of Beit Nekofa.In 1838 "Beit Nikoba" was noted as a Muslim village, located in the District of "Beni Malik", west of Jerusalem.