2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing: what Wikipedia removed
A Palestinian suicide bombing on a pedestrian mall in Tel Aviv in January 2002 injured at least 24 civilians. As late as October 6, 2023, the opening called Islamic Jihad “the Islamist Palestinian militant organization” that claimed responsibility. Today’s opening calls it only “the Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad,” dropping “Islamist” entirely, and the word appears nowhere in the article. A reader today learns Islamic Jihad’s name but not that Wikipedia described it, through the day before October 7, 2023, as an Islamist organization, or that the bombing was called a terrorist attack.
The word “islamist” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2015. 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 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| islamist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| terror | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| militant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| jihad | 1 | 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”- This passage called the bombing a terrorist attack; a reader today reads only that a suicide bomber caused injuries, without that designation.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2015 (revision 659256220):
The 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing was a terrorist attack which occurred on 25 January 2002 in which a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in Tel-Aviv , Israel , injuring at least 24 civilians. After the attack, the Islamist Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. ^ “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search” . Retrieved 16 December 2014 . ^ “ynet המדרחוב המקולל: 6 פיגועים ב-4 שנים - חדשות” . ynet . Retrieved 16 December 2014 .
2025 (revision 1283816529):
Palestinian terror attack in Israel On 25 January 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber injured at least 24 civilians in Tel Aviv , Israel . Afterwards, the Palestinian militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. ^ “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search” . Retrieved 16 December 2014 . ^ “ynet המדרחוב המקולל: 6 פיגועים ב-4 שנים - חדשות” . ynet . 17 April 2006 . Retrieved 16 December 2014 .
Related
Section titled “Related”- The drift report: what changed across all 61,944 watched articles
- 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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