In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish operation towards the end of the british mandate of palestine”. Today it says “operation to conquer jaffa and towns around it conducted by the irgun and the haganah shortly before the termin”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Gordon MacMillan Casualties and losses Irgun: 41 killed, ~400 wounded Unknown Total losses unclear; several tanks destroyed Operation Hametz ( Hebrew : מבצע חמץ , Mivtza Hametz ; 25–30 April 1948) was an operation to conquer towns around Jaffa conducted by Zionist forces as part of Plan Dalet shortly before the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine , in the civil war phase of the 1948 Palestine war . The operation, which led to the first direct battle between the British and the Irgun, was seen as a great victory for the latter, and enabled the Irgun to take credit for the complete conquest of Jaffa that happened on May 13. The battle was the first and only time that the British became heavily involved in fighting between the Jews and the Arabs during the 1948 Palestine war.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Operation Hametz ( , Mivtza Hametz ) was a Jewish operation towards the end of the British Mandate of Palestine . It was launched at the end of April 1948 with the objective of capturing villages inland from Jaffa and establishing a blockade around the town.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Operation Hametz ( , Mivtza Hametz ) was a Jewish operation towards the end of the British Mandate of Palestine , as part of the 1948 Palestine war . It was launched at the end of April 1948 with the objective of capturing villages inland from Jaffa and establishing a blockade around the town.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Gordon MacMillan Casualties and losses Irgun: 42 dead, ~400 wounded Unknown Total losses unclear; several tanks destroyed Operation Hametz ( , Mivtza Hametz ) was a Jewish operation towards the end of the British Mandate of Palestine , as part of the 1948 Palestine war . It was launched at the end of April 1948 with the objective of capturing villages inland from Jaffa and establishing a blockade around the town. The operation, which led to the first direct battle between the British and the Irgun, was seen as a great victory for the latter, and enabled the Irgun to take credit for the complete conquest of Jaffa that happened on May 13.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Gordon MacMillan Casualties and losses Irgun: 42 dead, ~400 wounded Unknown Total losses unclear; several tanks destroyed Operation Hametz ( , Mivtza Hametz ) was a Zionist operation towards the end of the British Mandate of Palestine , as part of the 1948 Palestine war . It was launched at the end of April 1948 with the objective of capturing villages inland from Jaffa and establishing a blockade around the town. The operation, which led to the first direct battle between the British and the Irgun, was seen as a great victory for the latter, and enabled the Irgun to take credit for the complete conquest of Jaffa that happened on May 13.
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish operation towards the end of the british mandate of palestine”. Today it says “operation to conquer jaffa and towns around it conducted by the irgun and the haganah shortly before the termin”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
jewish operation towards the end of the british mandate of palestine
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operation to conquer jaffa and towns around it conducted by the irgun and the haganah shortly before the termin
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