The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Maghazi ( ) is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip . It is a Palestinian refugee camp that was established in 1949 .1According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 24,284 in mid-year 2006.2The refugee camp is built on 559 dunums (5.6km²).3On the evening of Monday January 6, 2003, the IDF raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens claiming they were targeting militants hiding there.4
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The opening as it stood in 2005
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp on the Gaza Strip established in 1949 . It contain 22,536 refugees on 559 dunum . On the evening Monday January 6 , 2003 , Israeli forces raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Palestinian Authority municipality Maghazi ( ) is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip . It is a Palestinian refugee camp that was established in 1949. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 24,284 in mid-year 2006. The refugee camp is built on 559 dunums (0.6 km²). On the evening of Monday January 6, 2003, the IDF raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens claiming they were targeting militants hiding there.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, State of Palestine Maghazi ( ) is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip . It is a Palestinian refugee camp that was established in 1949. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 24,284 in mid-year 2006. The refugee camp is built on 559 dunums (0.6 km²). On the evening of Monday January 6, 2003, the IDF raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens claiming they were targeting militants hiding there.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, State of Palestine Maghazi ( ) is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip . It is a Palestinian refugee camp that was established in 1949. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the Refugee Camp had a population of 24,284 in mid-year 2006. The refugee camp is built on 559 dunums (0.6 km²). In early 1949 Quaker aid workers visited Maghazi and reported that there were 2,500 refugees camped on privately owned land.They were living in Bedouin and Egyptian army tents as well the British army barracks.Most of the refugees had come from eight villages including Yasur , Qastina , Al-Batani al-Sharqi , Al-Batani al-Gharbi and Al-Maghar . On the evening of Monday January 6, 2003, the IDF raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens claiming they were targeting militants hiding there.
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Palestinian refugee camp in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip Palestinian refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, State of Palestine Maghazi ( Arabic : مخيم المغازي ) is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip .It was established in 1949. The camp is built on 559 dunums (0.6 km ). In July 2023, the UNRWA reported its population to be 33,000.During the first months of the Gaza war , its population tripled and faced repeated airstrikes by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
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“militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.
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palestinian refugee camp on the gaza strip established in 1949
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located in the deir al-balah governorate in the central gaza strip
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“militant” now appears 1× under Raids and warfare, 71% of the way down the article
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