In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in 1967 and assassinated on december 15”. Today it says “tunisian aerospace engineer working for the izz ad-din al-qassam brigades”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in 1967 and assassinated on december 15”. Today it says “tunisian aerospace engineer working for the izz ad-din al-qassam brigades”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Mohamed Zouari ( Arabic : محمد الزواري ; January 1967 – 15 December 2016) was a Tunisian aerospace engineer working for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades , Hamas' military wing. He was assassinated in his hometown of Sfax on 15 December 2016 when he was shot dead in a drive-by shooting that has been widely attributed to the Mossad . "Le Hamas accuse le Mossad du meurtre en Tunisie de l'un de ses cadres" [Hamas accuses Mossad of murder of one of its cadres in Tunisia]. "Assassinat d'un expert en drones tunisien : l'ombre du Mossad" [Assassination of a Tunisian drone expert: the shadow of Mossad].
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Mohamed Zouari ( ), was born in 1967 and assassinated on December 15, 2016 in Sfax when he was shot dead in a drive-by shooting operation generally attributed to Mossad . Zouari was a Tunisian Aerospace engineer working for Hamas military wing The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades . (in French) « Le Hamas accuse le Mossad du meurtre en Tunisie de l’un de ses cadres », Le Monde , 18 décembre 2016 (in French) « Assassinat d’un expert en drones tunisien : l’ombre du Mossad », Libération , 18 décembre 2016 « Hamas blames Israel for assassination of drone chief », Al Jazeera , 18 décembre 2016
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Tunisian drone expert (1967–2016) Mohamed Zouari ( ) ( Sfax , 1967 - 15 December 2016) was a Tunisian aerospace engineer working for The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades , Hamas' military wing.He was assassinated in his hometown of Sfax on December 15, 2016 when he was shot dead in a drive-by shooting that has been widely attributed to the Mossad .
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born in 1967 and assassinated on december 15
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tunisian aerospace engineer working for the izz ad-din al-qassam brigades
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