a group of yemenite jewish immigrants were settled in amka in 1949. depopulated during the 1948 arab–israeli war, all that remains of the arab village structures are an elementary school for boys, founded under ottoman rule in 1887 and one mosque. the majority of the remaining arab buildings of amqa were destroyed by the israel defense forces (idf) in the late 1950s on the orders of the israeli government. the mosque and a schoolroom now used as a warehouse, are the only remaining buildings.