The 2003 Hamas suicide bombing of a bus in Haifa that killed 17 people, many of them university students. Through October 6 2023 the opening called Hamas "the Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas." That phrase is gone today; the opening now says only that "Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack." A reader today learns Hamas claimed the bombing and not that Wikipedia's own opening once identified Hamas as an Islamist militant organization.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing carried out on March 5, 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa , Israel .1 Seventeen passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured. Many of the victims were students from Haifa University .2The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.3 The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University . An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement. Hamas terrorist carried letter praising 9/11 attacks in US; most casualties are students, Jerusalem Post [1]
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a terrorist attack on a civilian bus in Haifa by a member of the militant organization Hamas .
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The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing carried out on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa , Israel . Seventeen passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured. Many of the victims were students from Haifa University . The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University . An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
2003 terrorist attack by Palestinian militants in Haifa, Israel The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a suicide bombing carried out on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa , Israel . Seventeen passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured. Many of the victims were students from Haifa University . The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The suicide bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University . An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement.
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2003 terrorist attack by Palestinian militants in Haifa, Israel The Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing carried out on 5 March 2003 on an Egged bus in Haifa , Israel . 17 passengers were killed in the attack and 53 were injured. Many of the victims were university students from nearby Haifa University . Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. The bomber was 20-year-old Mahmoud Umdan Salim Qawasmeh, a student at the Palestine Polytechnic University . An Israeli Arab resident of Haifa who helped plan the attack was also tried and sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement. Hamas terrorist carried letter praising 9/11 attacks in US; most casualties are students" ."מאסר עולם לערבי ישראלי שסייע לפיגוע בחיפה" [Life sentence for Israeli Arab who aided in Haifa terror attack].
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“islamist” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today it appears nowhere in the article, references included. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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terrorist attack on a civilian bus in haifa by a member of the militant organization hamas
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palestinian suicide bombing carried out on 5 march 2003 on an egged bus in haifa
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