In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab village in the british mandate of palestine”. Today it says “bout the depopulated palestinian village”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab village in the british mandate of palestine”. Today it says “bout the depopulated palestinian village”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Depopulated Palestinian village near Gaza This article is about the depopulated Palestinian village. Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine al-Faluja ( Arabic : الفالوجة ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine , located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City . Al-Faluja absorbed settlers from various areas, including Dura . The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops , who had entered the area as a result of the 1948 war , were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces . The 1949 Armistice Agreements allowed for a peaceful transfer of those areas outside Gaza to Israeli control, allowing Egyptian troops to remain in Gaza. Following the agreements, the Arab residents were harassed and abandoned the villages. The Israeli town of Kiryat Gat , as well as the moshav Revaha , border the site of the former town. "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
former Arab villages in Palestine al-Faluja ( ) was an Arab village in the British Mandate of Palestine , located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City . The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces . The 1949 Armistice Agreements allowed for a peaceful transfer of the pocket to Israeli control, and the return of Egyptian troops to Gaza. Following the agreements, the Arab residents of the pocket slowly left their homes. The Israeli town of Kiryat Gat , as well as the moshav Revaha , border the site of the former town. ed. (1978), Carta's Atlas of Israel - The First Years 1948-1961 , Jerusalem , Israel : Carta : |editor= has generic name ( help )
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The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops , who had entered the area as a result of the 1948 war, were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces .The 1949 Armistice Agreements allowed for a peaceful transfer of those areas outside Gaza to Israeli control, allowing Egyptian troops to remain in Gaza.Following the agreements, the Arab residents were harassed and abandoned the villages. The Israeli town of Kiryat Gat , as well as the moshav Revaha , border the site of the former town. ed. (1978), Carta's Atlas of Israel - The First Years 1948-1961 , Jerusalem , Israel : Carta : |editor= has generic name ( help )
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Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine al-Faluja ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine , located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City . The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops , who had entered the area as a result of the 1948 war , were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces . The 1949 Armistice Agreements allowed for a peaceful transfer of those areas outside Gaza to Israeli control, allowing Egyptian troops to remain in Gaza. Following the agreements, the Arab residents were harassed and abandoned the villages. The Israeli town of Kiryat Gat , as well as the moshav Revaha , border the site of the former town.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Depopulated Palestinian village near Gaza This article is about the depopulated Palestinian village. Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine al-Faluja ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine , located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City . The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops , who had entered the area as a result of the 1948 war , were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces . The 1949 Armistice Agreements allowed for a peaceful transfer of those areas outside Gaza to Israeli control, allowing Egyptian troops to remain in Gaza. Following the agreements, the Arab residents were harassed and abandoned the villages. The Israeli town of Kiryat Gat , as well as the moshav Revaha , border the site of the former town.
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arab village in the british mandate of palestine
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bout the depopulated palestinian village
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