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Dayr Ayyub
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “palestinian arab village in the ramle subdistrict”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “palestinian arab village in the ramle subdistrict”.
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Dayr Ayyub ( ) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict .1 It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 6, 1948 by the Givati and Sheva' brigades of Operation Nachshon . It was located 17.5 km southeast of Ramla , situated close to Bab al-Wad . On attack, the village was defended by the Jordanian Army but was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses and the village cemetery. Also gives cause of depopulation
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian arab village in the district of ramla”. Today it says “palestinian arab village in the ramle subdistrict”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian arab village in the district of ramla
Now
palestinian arab village in the ramle subdistrict
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