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Tel al-Zaatar massacre
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “armed siege of tel al-zaatar”. Today it says “killing of approximately 1”.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023
The siege began in January of 1976 with an attack by Christian Lebanese militias led by the Lebanese Front as part of a wider campaign to expel Palestinians, especially those affiliated with the opposing Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from northern Beirut. After five months, the siege turned into a full-scale military assault in June and ended with the massacre in August 1976.1
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “armed siege of tel al-zaatar”. Today it says “killing of approximately 1”. Read the current article and compare.
| 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | Oct '23 | 2025 | |
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| massacre | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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Then
armed siege of tel al-zaatar
Now
killing of approximately 1
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