Wikipedia's first sentence called it “sergeant in the israel defense forces who shot international solidarity movement civilian activist tom hurndall”. Today it says “bedouin israeli sergeant”.
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Taysir Hayb (or al-Heib ) ( Arabic : تيسير الهيب ; Hebrew : תייסיר אל-היב ) is a Bedouin Israeli sergeant , convicted of manslaughter , who shot International Solidarity Movement civilian activist Tom Hurndall , while on duty in Gaza on April 11, 2003. Hurndall died in January 2004, after a nine-month coma. Hayb was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter . His sentence was reduced in July 2010, and he was released after only five years. He is the brother of Amira al Hayb , the first Bedouin Israeli female to join the IDF. Soldier jailed for activist death , BBC News , 11 August 2005. Simon Atkinson, British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’ , The Guardian , 10 April 2006.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Idier Wahid Taysir Hayb (or al-Heib ) is a sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces who shot International Solidarity Movement civilian activist Tom Hurndall while on duty in Gaza on April 11, 2003. Hurndall died in January 2004. Taysir Hayb was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter . But three, aged between four and seven, were paralysed by fear" . Soldier jailed for activist death , BBC News , August 11, 2005. Simon Atkinson, British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’ , The Guardian , April 10, 2006.
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Idier Wahid Taysir Hayb (or al-Heib ) ( ; ) was an Israeli sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces , who shot International Solidarity Movement civilian activist Tom Hurndall , while on duty in Gaza on April 11, 2003. Hurndall died in January 2004, after a nine-month coma. Hayb was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter . His sentence was reduced in July 2010.He is the brother of Amira al Hayb , the first Israeli Bedouin female to join the IDF.Soldier jailed for activist death , BBC News , 11 August 2005.Simon Atkinson, British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’ , The Guardian , 10 April 2006.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Idier Wahid Taysir Hayb (or al-Heib ) ( ; ) is a Bedouin Israeli sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces , who shot International Solidarity Movement civilian activist Tom Hurndall , while on duty in Gaza on April 11, 2003. Hurndall died in January 2004, after a nine-month coma. Hayb was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter . His sentence was reduced in July 2010. He is the brother of Amira al Hayb , the first Bedouin Israeli female to join the IDF. Soldier jailed for activist death , BBC News , 11 August 2005. Simon Atkinson, British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’ , The Guardian , 10 April 2006.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Bedouin-Arab Israeli soldier Idier Wahid Taysir Hayb (or al-Heib ) ( ; ) Bedouin Israeli sergeant who shot International Solidarity Movement civilian activist Tom Hurndall , while on duty in Gaza on April 11, 2003. Hurndall died in January 2004, after a nine-month coma. Hayb was sentenced to eight years for manslaughter . His sentence was reduced in July 2010. He is the brother of Amira al Hayb , the first Bedouin Israeli female to join the IDF. Soldier jailed for activist death , BBC News , 11 August 2005. Simon Atkinson, British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’ , The Guardian , 10 April 2006.
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sergeant in the israel defense forces who shot international solidarity movement civilian activist tom hurndall
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bedouin israeli sergeant
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