1990 Cairo bus attack: what Wikipedia removed
The 1990 Cairo bus attack killed nine Israeli tourists in an assault partly claimed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. As of October 6, 2023 the opening’s descriptor line read “Terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Cairo,” calling it a terrorist attack. Today’s descriptor reads “Military attack in Egypt,” though terror survives six times in the body. A reader today does not learn that Wikipedia’s own opening once labeled this a terrorist attack rather than a military attack.
The word “terror” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 6. 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 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| jihad | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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 reader no longer learns that the opening’s descriptor line once called this a terrorist attack rather than a military attack.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 911018549):
The Cairo bus attack was a terrorist attack that occurred on February 4, 1990. The attack was claimed by two groups, an unknown group calling itself the ‘Organisation for the Defense of the Oppressed of Egypts Prisons’ which claimed to have done it to protest the torture in Egyptian prisons, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad . Nine Israeli civilians were killed and 17 more were wounded with automatic fire and hand grenades. The attack was the worst on Israelis in Egypt since the two countries signed a peace agreement in 1979. Israel’s minister Ariel Sharon said the Palestine Liberation Organisation was behind the attack. Later, the Egyptian Government announced that the attack had been plott…
2025 (revision 1296555249):
Military attack in Egypt The Cairo bus attack was an attack on a bus carrying Israeli tourists in Cairo , Egypt that occurred on February 4, 1990. The assault was claimed by two groups, an unknown group calling itself the ‘Organisation for the Defense of the Oppressed of Egypts Prisons’ which claimed to have done it to protest the torture in Egyptian prisons, and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad . Nine Israeli civilians were killed and 17 more were wounded with automatic fire and hand grenades. The attack was the worst on Israelis in Egypt since the two countries signed a peace agreement in 1979. Israel’s minister Ariel Sharon said the Palestine Liberation Organisation was behind the attack. La…
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