The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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The opening as it read in 2015
2008, a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of off-duty soldiers in a terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem, Israel , injuring 19. According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this attack represents a new militant tactic which is less lethal but could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombings.1
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The BMW terror attack took place on September 22, 2008 when nineteen-year-old Qassem Mughrabi, a resident of East Jerusalem 's Jabal Mukaber neighborhood drove a black BMW Saloon into a group of off-duty soldiers standing on a Jerusalem street. 19 people were injured. Mughrabi was shot dead at the scene by off-duty soldier Lt. Amar told Army Radio that the attacker "drove towards the soldiers at top speed, plowed onto the traffic island, ran over soldiers and civilians and then continued, ramming into a building. At that point I assessed that it was a terror attack and decided to neutralize the driver so that he wouldn't be able to reverse the car and continue the attack." According to the Palestinian Ma'an news agency, Qassem Mughrabi was a member of Hamas . Mughrabi's family denied that the event was a terror attack. Mahmoud Mughrabi, Qassem's father, said his son did not have a driving license and apparently lost control of the car. He did not carry out a terrorist attack. This was a car accident." However, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said authorities were convinced the attack was politically motivated. "We're 100 percent sure ... he deliberately drove into people," Rosenfeld said. Palestinian Car Rams Israelis, By ISABEL KERSHNER, September 22, 2008, New York Times [1] Sep 22, 2008, 15 wounded in terror attack at busy Jerusalem intersection, By ETGAR LEFKOVITS, SHELLY PAZ, Jerusalem Post [2] Terrorist in car rams 19 in J'lem, By Jonathan Lis [3] Palestinian drives into crowd, injures 15, police say, CNN, [4] 'He drove towards group at top speed,' Jerusalem Post, Sept. 23, 2008 [5] 'J'lem terrorist was a Hamas member', by Etgar Lefkovits, Jerusalem Post Sep 23, 2008 [6] "Father of Jerusalem attacker: My son's no terrorist" .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
On 22 September 2008, a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers in a terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem, Israel , injuring 19. According to Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts, this attack represents a new militant tactic which is less lethal but could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombings .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Terrorist attack in Jerusalem On 22 September 2008, a Palestinian drove a BMW saloon car into a group of civilians and off-duty soldiers in a terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem , injuring 19 people. Stratfor Global Intelligence analysts say this attack represents a new terrorist tactic which is less lethal but could prove more difficult to prevent than suicide bombing .
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