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Lior Asulin

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli footballer who correctly plays as a striker for hapoel be'er sheva”. Today it says “israeli footballer who played as a striker”.
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Lior Asulin ( Hebrew : ליאור אסולין ; 6 October 1980 – 7 October 2023) was an Israeli footballer who played as a striker . He was murdered during the Nova music festival massacre by Hamas militants in the attack which led to the outbreak of the Gaza war .

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israeli footballer who correctly plays as a striker for hapoel be'er sheva

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israeli footballer who played as a striker

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