Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jaba yana cikin yankin da aka ba wa ƙasar Yahudawa a ƙarƙashin Tsarin Raba Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 1947. A lokacin yakin
'Yan bindiga daga ƙauyen sun yi ta harbi a kan motocin Yahudawa a kan babbar hanyar bakin teku. A farkon watan Yunin 1948, wani rahoto na Sojojin Tsaro na Isra'ila (IDF) ya nuna cewa Ja'ba, tare da Ijzim da Ayn Ghazal, suna roƙon IDF, "su buɗe tattaunawa don mika wuya". Babu wani abu da ya biyo bayan wannan bukata. A ranar 14 ga watan Yuli, kafin taron, majalisar ministocin Isra'ila ta tattauna game da ƙauyuka uku a cikin "The Little Triangle". Ben-Gurion ya ce babu buƙatar gaggawa: "waɗannan ƙauyuka suna cikin aljihunmu [...] Za mu iya aiki a kansu kuma bayan [maido da] armistice. Wannan zai zama aikin 'yan sanda... Ba a ɗaukansu a matsayin sojojin abokan gaba kamar yadda yankinsu yake namu [watau, a Isra'ila] kuma su mazaunan jihar ne... [kuma] waɗannan ƙauyukan ba su wakiltar haɗarin soja ba".