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Ibrahim al-Makadmeh
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was assassinated by israeli forces on march 8”. Today it says “palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was killed by israeli forces”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was assassinated by israeli forces on march 8”. Today it says “palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was killed by israeli forces”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Ibrahim al-Makadmeh was a Palestinian and Hamas senior leader in the Gaza Strip who was assassinated by Israeli forces on March 8 , 2003 .1 Makadmeh, one of Hamas' founders and a leader of the group's military wing, was accused of engineering several attacks that killed 28 Israelis.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was assassinated by israeli forces on march 8”. Today it says “palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was killed by israeli forces”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was assassinated by israeli forces on march 8
Now
palestinian and hamas senior leader in the gaza strip who was killed by israeli forces
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