Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prison for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service”. Today it says “facilities operated by the israel defense forces that primarily detain soldiers convicted of offenses under mil”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Detention centers”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Israeli version is a prison for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service.1It is estimated that 15,000-18,000 Israeli soldiers (not to be confused with Palestinian detainees) go through an Israeli military prison or detention center every year.2
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Israeli Military Prison is a prison for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service. It is estimated that 15,000-18,000 Israeli soldiers (not to be confused with Palestinian detainees) go through an Israeli military prison or detention center every year.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
The Israeli Military Prison is a prison for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Israeli military prisons are military prisons in Israel for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prison for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service”. Today it says “facilities operated by the israel defense forces that primarily detain soldiers convicted of offenses under mil”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Detention centers”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
prison for guarding soldiers who committed crimes during their service
Now
facilities operated by the israel defense forces that primarily detain soldiers convicted of offenses under mil
Sections that no longer exist
This section existed on October 6, 2023. It is gone today. The current article has no similar heading in its place, and the article is shorter overall. So this is not a heading that got renamed, and it is not a topic that got folded into a bigger section. 1 section of 400 characters or more gone since October 6 2023, with the article 2,278 characters shorter.
Detention centers
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