The word “hostage” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “hostage” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Yishai Beer ( ; born 1956) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces , head of a reserve call-up, and former President of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals . He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade . Two years later he took part as a platoon leader in Operation Entebbe , freeing Israeli hostages flown to Uganda . He also participated in Operation Litani and as a reserve in the 1982 Lebanon War . He rejoined the regular service in May 2002 when he was appointed to his current post, although as a doctor of law, he continues to work as a Law professor. During his career Beer received a B.A. from Hebrew University and a M.A. from the London School of Economics .1In November 2008, Beer announced his retirement from the IDF, upon realizing that he would not be appointed the next head of the Southern Command .2
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Aluf Yishai Beer ( ; born 1956) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces , head of a reserve call-up, and former President of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals . He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade . Two years later he took part as a platoon leader in Operation Entebbe , freeing Israeli hostages flown to Uganda . He also participated in Operation Litani and as a reserve in the 1982 Lebanon War . He rejoined the regular service in May 2002 when he was appointed to his current post, although as a doctor of law, he continues to work as a Law professor. During his career Beer received a B.A. from Hebrew University and a M.A. from the London School of Economics . In November 2008, Beer announced his retirement from the IDF.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Aluf Yishai Beer ( ; born 1956) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces , head of a reserve call-up, and former President of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals . He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade . Two years later he took part as a platoon leader in Operation Entebbe , freeing Israeli hostages flown to Uganda . He also participated in Operation Litani and as a reserve in the 1982 Lebanon War . He rejoined the regular service in May 2002 when he was appointed to his current post, although as a doctor of law, he continues to work as a Law professor. During his career Beer received a B.A. from Hebrew University and an M.A. from the London School of Economics . In November 2008, Beer announced his retirement from the IDF.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli general ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Aluf Yishai Beer ( ; born 1956) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces , head of a reserve call-up, and former president of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals . He was drafted into the IDF in 1974 and joined the Paratroopers Brigade . Two years later he took part as a platoon leader in Operation Entebbe , freeing Israeli hostages flown to Uganda . He also participated in Operation Litani and as a reserve in the 1982 Lebanon War . He rejoined the regular service in May 2002 when he was appointed to his current post, although as a doctor of law, he continues to work as a Law professor. During his career Beer received a B.A. from Hebrew University and an M.A. from the London School of Economics . In November 2008, Beer announced his retirement from the IDF.
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Israeli general Aluf Yishai Beer ( Hebrew : ישי בר ; born 1956) is a former general in the Israel Defense Forces , head of a reserve call-up, and former president of the Israeli Military Court of Appeals .
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Today
“hostage” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 1. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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Then
general in the israel defense forces
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former general in the israel defense forces
Where the word went
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“hostage” now appears 1× under Biography, 17% of the way down the article
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