Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cewar Morris, mazaunan Bayt Jiz sun gudu daga ƙauyensu bayan wani hari na soja na Isra'ila a kan shi a ranar 20 ga Afrilu 1948. Duk da haka, masanin tarihin Palasdinawa Aref al-Aref ya nuna cewa ba a kwashe ƙauyen ba don hari na farko na Yaƙin Latrun
wanda ya faru a ranar 22 ga watan Mayu. Ya nuna cewa harin Isra'ila ya gaza ne saboda sojojin Isra'ila sun sami rahotanni da ba daidai ba cewa an kwashe kauyen. Sakamakon haka, sun yi mamakin haɗuwa da tsananin juriya daga 'yan bindiga na gida da kuma daga dakarun Jordan a yankin Latrun waɗanda suka aika da sojoji zuwa ƙauyen.