In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “large-scale israel defense force”. Today it says “large-scale israel defense forces”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Large amount of weapons and ammunition Sources mention only 5 fatalities on the Israeli side. However, these numbers do not include Corporal Aryeh Levy, who died of his wounds later on, on November 6. Operation Volcano ( Hebrew : מבצע הר געש , Mivtza Har Ga'ash ), also known as Operation Sabcha , was a large-scale Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military operation carried out on the night of November 2–3, 1955 against Egyptian military positions in and around the Nitzana / Auja vicinity. The operation was successful and resulted in the permanent expulsion of Egyptian forces from the Demilitarized Zone. Eighty-one Egyptian soldiers were killed and fifty-five others were taken prisoner. There were six Israeli fatalities.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The operation was successful and resulted in the permanent expulsion of Egyptian forces from the Demilitarized Zone. Eighty-one Egyptian soldiers were killed and fifty-five others were taken prisoner. There were five Israeli fatalities.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The operation was successful and resulted in the permanent expulsion of Egyptian forces from the Demilitarized Zone. Eighty-one Egyptian soldiers were killed and fifty-five others were taken prisoner. There were five Israeli fatalities.
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Large amount of weapons and ammunition Sources mention only 5 fatalities on the Israeli side.However, these numbers do not include Corporal Aryeh Levy, who died of his wounds later on, on November 6.Operation Volcano ( , Mivtza Har Ga'ash ), also known as Operation Sabcha , was a large-scale Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military operation carried out on the night of November 2–3, 1955 against Egyptian military positions in and around the Nitzana / Auja vicinity. The operation was successful and resulted in the permanent expulsion of Egyptian forces from the Demilitarized Zone. Eighty-one Egyptian soldiers were killed and fifty-five others were taken prisoner. There were six Israeli fatalities.
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large-scale israel defense force
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large-scale israel defense forces
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