In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian city in the southern gaza strip 's khan yunis governorate”. Today it says “municipality in the gaza strip”.
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Bani Suheila ( ) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip 's Khan Yunis Governorate . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the population of Bani Suheila had grown from 8,220 in 1945 to 32,800 people in mid-year 2006. During the night of August 31, 1955, Israeli armed forces attacked Bani Suheila. On April 5, 1956 Israeli artillery shelled the town. A Survey of Palestine: Prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the Information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry By Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe, United Nations General Assembly.1
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Palestinian Authority municipality Bani Suheila ( ) is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip part of the Khan Yunis Governorate .
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Municipality type A in Khan Yunis, State of Palestine Bani Suheila ( ) is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip part of the Khan Yunis Governorate .
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Municipality type A in Khan Yunis, State of Palestine Bani Suheila ( Arabic : بني سهيلا ) is a municipality in the Gaza Strip , in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the State of Palestine .The town is located 2 km (1.2 mi) east of the city of Khan Younis .As of 2017, Bani Suheila had a population of 41,439 people.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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palestinian city in the southern gaza strip 's khan yunis governorate
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municipality in the gaza strip
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