during the 1948 arab-israeli war dayr al-qassi was defended by the arab liberation army but the village was captured by the israeli army during its offensive operation hiram on october 30, 1948. the village's residents were expelled on 27 may 1949 and most migrated north into lebanon. by june, 1949, it was noted that the whole northern area had been "judaised", including tarshiha, suhmata, dayr al-qassi, tarbikha, meiron, al-sammu'i, safsaf and al-ras al-ahmar.