In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian terror attack which occurred on 31 july 2002 in a cafeteria at the mount scopus campus of the hebre”. Today it says “carried out by the palestinian militant group hamas on 31 july 2002 in a cafeteria at the mount scopus campus o”.
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Hebrew University bombing , also called the Hebrew University massacre , was carried out by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . The attack killed 9 people, including 5 U.S. students, and injured about 100. It was carried out by an East Jerusalem -based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others. The attack, which sparked a celebration in Gaza City , was condemned by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and several countries. In February 2015, a United States jury in the Federal District Court of Manhattan found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization liable for having supported and helped to fund terror attacks in the 2000s and were ordered to pay damages in the amount of $218.5 million to victims of said attacks. Remembering Israel's campus blast , BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Hebrew University massacre was a Palestinian terror attack which occurred on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . The attack killed 9 people, mainly American students, and injured about 100. It was carried out by an East Jerusalem -based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others. The attack, which sparked a celebration in Gaza City , was condemned by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and several countries. Israel arrests suspects in university bombing , CNN 21-08-2002 Remembering Israel's campus blast , BBC 30-07-2003 Hebrew U. marks five years since campus bombing , Jerusalem Post 31-07-2007
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The Hebrew University bombing or the Hebrew University massacre was a terror attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas which occurred on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .The attack killed 9 people, including 5 American students, and injured about 100. It was carried out by an East Jerusalem -based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others. The attack, which sparked a celebration in Gaza City , was condemned by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and several countries. In February 2015, a United States jury in the Federal District Court of Manhattan found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization liable for having supported and helped to fund terror attacks in the 2000s and were ordered to pay damages in the amount of $218.5 million to victims of said attacks.Remembering Israel's campus blast , BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The Hebrew University bombing or the Hebrew University massacre was a terror attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas which occurred on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . The attack killed 9 people, including 5 U.S. students, and injured about 100. It was carried out by an East Jerusalem -based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others. The attack, which sparked a celebration in Gaza City , was condemned by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and several countries. In February 2015, a United States jury in the Federal District Court of Manhattan found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian Liberation Organization liable for having supported and helped to fund terror attacks in the 2000s and were ordered to pay damages in the amount of $218.5 million to victims of said attacks. Remembering Israel's campus blast , BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
2002 Hamas bombing in Jerusalem The Hebrew University bombing , also called the Hebrew University massacre , was carried out by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 31 July 2002 in a cafeteria at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . The attack killed 9 people, including 5 U.S. students, and injured about 100. It was carried out by an East Jerusalem -based Hamas cell whose members are serving multiple life sentences in Israeli prisons for that attack and others. The attack, which sparked a celebration in Gaza City , was condemned by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and several countries. In February 2015, a United States jury in the Federal District Court of Manhattan found the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization liable for having supported and helped to fund terror attacks in the 2000s and were ordered to pay damages in the amount of $218.5 million to victims of said attacks. Remembering Israel's campus blast , BBC.co.uk, 30 July 2003.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian terror attack which occurred on 31 july 2002 in a cafeteria at the mount scopus campus of the hebre”. Today it says “carried out by the palestinian militant group hamas on 31 july 2002 in a cafeteria at the mount scopus campus o”. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian terror attack which occurred on 31 july 2002 in a cafeteria at the mount scopus campus of the hebre
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carried out by the palestinian militant group hamas on 31 july 2002 in a cafeteria at the mount scopus campus o
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