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Jamila al-Shanti

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “member of the palestinian legislative council”. Today it says “palestinian politician and senior hamas official”.
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Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti ( Arabic : جميلة عبد الله طه الشنطي ‎; 15 March 1955 – 19 October 2023) was a Palestinian politician who was a member of Hamas who had previously been a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council . She was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza on 19 October 2023, during the Gaza war . The Times of Israel .

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Then

member of the palestinian legislative council

Now

palestinian politician and senior hamas official

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