A 1970 attack on an Israeli school bus that killed 12 civilians, nine of them children. Through 2020 the opening called it the Avivim school bus massacre. The opening today calls it a terrorist attack but drops the word massacre, which survives twice in the body. A reader today no longer sees the event named a massacre in the opening paragraph.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01. “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Avivim school bus massacre took place on May 8 , 1970 near Avivim, an agricultural community in Israel founded in 1963 by Moroccan immigrants. It was perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists who crossed the border with Lebanon . The attack caused the death of nine children aged between six and nine and three adults, and left nineteen others maimed. Subsequently, the prevention of such attacks was cited as a ground for Israel's Operation Litani in 1978 .1
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The opening as it stood in 2010 4 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22, 1970 in which 12 Israeli civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded.The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim , near Israel's border with Lebanon .Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus.The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC .Early in the morning, the bus departed from Avivim heading with its passengers to two local schools.This route had been scouted by the militants , believed to have infiltrated from Lebanon, and an ambush was set up.As the bus passed by, ten minutes after leaving Avivim, it was attacked by heavy gunfire from both sides of the road.The driver was amongst those hit in the initial barrage, as were the two other adults on board.The three were killed as the bus crashed into an embankment as the attackers continued firing into the vehicle.The attackers were never apprehended.Moshav Avivim still stands determined during tensions, 20/07/2006 PLO strategy and politics By Aryeh Y.Yodfat, Yuval Arnon-Ohanna As history repeats
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The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22, 1970 in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim , near Israel's border with Lebanon . Two bazooka shells were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Avivim school bus massacre was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on May 22, 1970 in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded, one of whom died of a wound sustained in the attack 44 years later. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim , near Israel's border with Lebanon . Two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
1970 terrorist attack by Palestinian militants in Israel The Avivim school bus bombing was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on 22 May 1970, in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded, one of whom died of a wound sustained in the attack 44 years later. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim , near Israel's border with Lebanon . Two rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC . PLO Strategy and Politics .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
1970 terrorist attack by Palestinian militants in Israel The Avivim school bus bombing was a terrorist attack on an Israeli school bus on 22 May 1970, in which 12 civilians were killed, nine of them children, and 25 were wounded, one of whom died of a wound sustained in the attack 44 years later. The attack took place on the road to Moshav Avivim , near Israel's border with Lebanon. Two rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the bus. The attack was one of the first carried out by the PFLP-GC . PLO Strategy and Politics .
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“massacre” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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terrorist attack on an israeli school bus on may 22
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terrorist attack on an israeli school bus on 22 may 1970
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