It was occupied 17^th-18^th of July 1948 by Israel. The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of two village houses and the village cemetery. Artuf inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. The village had one mosque called the al- Umari Mosque. The number of houses in 1931 were 58 and in 1948 were 93.

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:

“One stone house, located outside the Jewish settlement of Nacham, has been expanded, and is now inhabited by a Jewish family. In the middle of the Jewish settlement is a small stone house that is used as a warehouse; it stands by the site of the former mosque. On the western slopes of the site is a circular structure with no roof that was formerly used as a lime kiln (kabbara). The village cemetery, to the west, has been levelled; only one or two graves remain on its eastern edge. Part of the British police headquarters is still standing.”

Land ownership before occupation

Land usage in 1945

Population before occupation

Bibliography:

–All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948  byKhalidi, Walid