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Palestinian casualties of war

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “not comprehensive”. Today it says “list of casualties suffered by palestinians in war”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Palestinians in war This is a list of casualties suffered by Palestinians in war. Note: Article is not comprehensive. Some records of Palestinian casualties are under dispute. The criteria used for this article: Casualties inflicted by war or combat. Casualties considered to be "unnecessary deaths" not included. Graph only includes casualties of Palestinian Arabs and not other actors.

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “not comprehensive”. Today it says “list of casualties suffered by palestinians in war”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

not comprehensive

Now

list of casualties suffered by palestinians in war

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