2002 Metzer attack: what Wikipedia removed
The 2002 Metzer attack killed five Israeli civilians, including a mother and her two children, at Kibbutz Metzer. The 2005 opening named the perpetrator, saying “Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian militant responsible for an attack on the Israeli Kibbutz Metzer,” and noted that a year later he was killed by the YAMAM. Today’s opening calls him only “a Palestinian,” though militant survives three times in the body. A reader today does not learn who carried out the attack or that Israeli forces killed him a year later.
The word “militant” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 3. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| terror | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| hostage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| disputed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 reader no longer learns the attacker’s name or that he was described as a militant.
- A rewording that drops the attacker’s name from the description of the killings.
- A reader no longer learns that Israeli forces killed the attacker a year after the attack.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17631602):
This article is about the Palestinian militant, for Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin see Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan Sirhan is a Palestinian militant responsible for an attack on the Israeli Kibbutz Metzer (a settlement on disputed territory) on November 10 , 2002 . Sirhan infiltrated the Kibbutz and killed five Israeli civilians, including a mother and her two children (aged 4 and 5). A year after the event, Sirhan was killed by the YAMAM during a random house demolition. [1] v t e
2025 (revision 1291009141):
Terrorist attack during the Second Intifada The 2002 Metzer attack was carried out on 10 November 2002 in Metzer , Israel by a Palestinian who infiltrated the Kibbutz and murdered five Israeli civilians, including a mother and her two children.
Related
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- The case file for this article, with every snapshot and every marked removal
- Who made the cuts: removals grouped by the account that made them
- The live article on Wikipedia
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