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Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian engineer”. Today it says “palestinian engineer and academic”.
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Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh ( Arabic : فادي محمد البطش ) was a Palestinian engineer, academic and member of Hamas . He was killed on 21 April 2018 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , while heading to a mosque for dawn prayers. After al-Batsh's death, Hamas 's military wing claimed him as a member and described him as a commander.

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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian engineer”. Today it says “palestinian engineer and academic”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

palestinian engineer

Now

palestinian engineer and academic

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