In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 the village, called "Hayriyya," appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the "nahiya" of Ramla ("liwa´" of Gaza), with a population of 28 Muslim households, an estimated 154 persons. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, fruits and sesame, as well as on other types of property, such as goats, beehives and vineyards; a total of 4,000 akçe.