In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town in the southern gaza strip”. Today it says “palestinian town under israeli occupation in the southern gaza strip”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Town in Gaza Strip Municipality type C in Rafah, State of Palestine Shokat as-Sufi ( Arabic : شوكة الصوفي ) is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern Gaza Strip , south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport . It is one of the poorest localities in the Gaza Strip, and has underdeveloped infrastructure. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census in 1997, Shokat as-Sufi had a population of 5,663 of which 90% were Palestinian refugees . The gender make-up of the town was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. According to the PCBS, in 2017, it had a population of 16,445. Shokat as-Sufi is governed by a municipal council of eleven members including the mayor, who since 2005 has been Mousa Abu Jlaidan. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Palestinian Authority muni Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip , south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport . It is one of the poorest localities in the Gaza Strip, and has underdeveloped infrastructure. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census in 1997, Shokat as-Sufi had a population of 5,663 of which 90% were Palestinian refugees . The gender make-up of the town was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. According to the PCBS, in mid-year 2006, it had a population of 8,094. Shokat as-Sufi is governed by a municipal council of eleven members including the mayor, who since 2005 has been Mousa Abu Jlaidan.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Municipality type C in Rafah, State of Palestine Shokat as-Sufi is a Palestinian town in the southern Gaza Strip , south of Rafah and adjacent to the inoperable Yasser Arafat International Airport . It is one of the poorest localities in the Gaza Strip, and has underdeveloped infrastructure. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census in 1997, Shokat as-Sufi had a population of 5,663 of which 90% were Palestinian refugees . The gender make-up of the town was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. According to the PCBS, in mid-year 2006, it had a population of 8,094. Shokat as-Sufi is governed by a municipal council of eleven members including the mayor, who since 2005 has been Mousa Abu Jlaidan.
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palestinian town in the southern gaza strip
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palestinian town under israeli occupation in the southern gaza strip
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