In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian scientist who served as president of the islamic university of gaza from august 2023 until his deat”. Today it says “palestinian scientist who served as president of the islamic university of gaza from august 2023 until his kill”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Sufian Tayeh ( Arabic : سفيان تايه , romanized : Sufyān Tāyah ; 20 August 1971 – 2 December 2023), often spelled Sofyan Taya and also known as Abu Osama , was a Palestinian scientist who served as president of the Islamic University of Gaza from August 2023 until his death in December 2023. "تعيين الأستاذ الدكتور سفيان عبد الرحمن تايه رئيساً للجامعة الإسلامية بغزة" . وكالة قدس نت للأنباء (in Arabic). 2023-07-08.
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian scientist who served as president of the islamic university of gaza from august 2023 until his deat”. Today it says “palestinian scientist who served as president of the islamic university of gaza from august 2023 until his kill”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
palestinian scientist who served as president of the islamic university of gaza from august 2023 until his deat
Now
palestinian scientist who served as president of the islamic university of gaza from august 2023 until his kill
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