Bourke et al. (2009) report that EB II occupational strata are sealed by a thick layer of destruction debris, "associated with quantities of burnt mudbrick and stone". Immediately overlying this destruction is an ephemeral "squatter phase" which "dates from around 2900/2800 cal BC". Bourke et al. (2009) characterize the EB II destruction as site-wide and "of some severity", and suggest that it may have been caused by an earthquake.

Raphael and Agnon (2018:773), citing Bourke (2000:235) and Bourke et al. (2009), date this EB II destruction to around 2800 BCE and describe the damage as affecting "domestic architecture, public buildings and defense wall".