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Al-Qubayba, Hebron
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian village that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war”. Today it says “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 “palestinian village that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war”. Today it says “palestinian village”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
al-Qubayba' was a Palestinian village that was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war . Number of houses 1931: 141 Historical names Israeli settlement(s) Lakhish Public structures A mosque, a school1
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Then
palestinian village that was captured by israel during the 1948 arab-israeli war
Now
palestinian village
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