The village stood on flat terrain on the western edge of the village of al-Zarra'a, which diminished in size after the establishment of the Jewish colony of Tirat Tzvi in 1937. A secondary road linked it to the Baysan-Jericho highway, and other roads connected it to adjacent villages. AI-Khunayzir was initially a seasonal campsite for nomadic Bedouin who eventually settled there year round. Their dwellings, both adobe houses and tents, were dispersed over a wide area. All of the people of al-Khunayzir were Muslims. They drew water from springs north and southeast of the site for domestic use as well as for crop irrigation. They grew fruit, vegetables, and grain. In 1944/45 a total of 18 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 256 dunums were allocated to cereals; 1,658 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.
