1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings: what Wikipedia removed
The Tyre headquarters bombings were two suicide bombings against Israeli military headquarters in Lebanon that killed 104 Israelis, among the worst single losses in IDF history. As of October 2023 the opening’s short description called them a Terrorist attack in Lebanon. Today the short description reads Dual suicide attacks against Israeli troops in Lebanon, and the word terror is nowhere left in the article. A reader today learns these were suicide attacks, not that Wikipedia’s own description once called them terrorist.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.
What was taken out
Section titled “What was taken out”- A revision to the casualty count, from 103 to 104 Israelis killed and 46 to 47 Lebanese, unrelated to the bombings’ description.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 364220604):
The Tyre truck bombings were two suicide bombings against the Israel Defense Forces ’ headquarters building in Tyre , Lebanon , in 1982 and 1983. The blasts killed 103 IDF Israelis and 46-59 Lebanese, wounding 95 people and were some of the worst losses ever for the IDF. Israel believes both to be the responsibility of Hezbollah .
2025 (revision 1275195005):
Dual suicide attacks against Israeli troops in Lebanon The Tyre headquarters bombings were two suicide bombings against the Israel Defense Forces ’ headquarters building in Tyre , Lebanon , in 1982 and 1983. The blasts killed 104 Israelis and 47–59 Lebanese, wounded 95 people, and were some of the worst losses ever for the IDF. The second attack occurred in November 1983 and was attributed to Hezbollah. ^ Cite error: The named reference ArmyPress was invoked but never defined (see the help page ).
Related
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