In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “incident in which palestinian hamas abducted israeli soldier nachshon wachsman from the bnei atarot junction in”. Today it says “a 1994 incident in which palestinian hamas abducted israeli soldier nachshon wachsman from the bnei atarot junc”.
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1994 incident in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict The abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman was a 1994 incident in which Palestinian Hamas abducted Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman from the Bnei Atarot junction in central Israel, and held him hostage for six days. The incident ended in a failed Israeli rescue attempt, during which Wachsman, three of his captors and an Israeli officer were killed.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Sergeant Nachshon Mordechai Wachsman ( , born 3 April 1975, died 14 October 1994) was an IDF soldier who was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas for a period of 6 days. He was murdered during an attempted rescue operation.
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The Kidnapping and murder of Nachshon Wachsman was an incident in which Palestinian Hamas kidnapped Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman from the Bnai Atarot junction in central Israel, and held him hostage for 6 days.The incident ended in a failed Israeli rescue attempt, during which Wachsman was killed by his captors.Three of his captors and an Israeli officer were also killed.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
1994 incident in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict The abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman was an incident in which Palestinian Hamas abducted Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman from the Bnei Atarot junction in central Israel, and held him hostage for six days. The incident ended in a failed Israeli rescue attempt, during which Wachsman, three of his captors and an Israeli officer were killed.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “incident in which palestinian hamas abducted israeli soldier nachshon wachsman from the bnei atarot junction in”. Today it says “a 1994 incident in which palestinian hamas abducted israeli soldier nachshon wachsman from the bnei atarot junc”. Read the current article and compare.
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incident in which palestinian hamas abducted israeli soldier nachshon wachsman from the bnei atarot junction in
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a 1994 incident in which palestinian hamas abducted israeli soldier nachshon wachsman from the bnei atarot junc
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