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Al-Hamidiyya

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “depopulated during the 1948 palestine war on may 12”. Today it says “palestinian village in the district of baysan”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “depopulated during the 1948 palestine war on may 12”. Today it says “palestinian village in the district of baysan”.
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Al-Hamidiyya ( ), was a Palestinian village in the District of Baysan.1 It was depopulated by the Jewish militias, precursors of the Israel Defense Forces , during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located five kilometres north of Baysan . It was attacked as part of Operation Gideon . The population in 1922 was 193, expanding to 255 in 1948. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “depopulated during the 1948 palestine war on may 12”. Today it says “palestinian village in the district of baysan”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

depopulated during the 1948 palestine war on may 12

Now

palestinian village in the district of baysan

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