2006 Shiyyah airstrike: what Wikipedia removed
An Israeli airstrike on the Shiyyah suburb of Beirut in August 2006, during the Lebanon War, destroyed three apartment buildings. Through 2010 the opening read: “The Chyah Airstrike or the Chyah massacre was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb.” Today’s opening calls it only “the 2006 Shiyyah airstrike,” dropping the alternate name from the opening; the word “massacre” survives once elsewhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that the event was also called the Chyah massacre.
The word “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| massacre | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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”The changes on this article are at the word level rather than whole passages; the table above shows the counts moving.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 366833559):
The Chyah Airstrike or the Chyah massacre was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 7, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War . Two missiles fired from an IDF bomber destroyed three apartment buildings in the suburb. Contemporary news accounts stated that the death toll from the airstrikes rose as recovery efforts continued, with 50 corpses recovered at the time of reportage and 61 anticipated. ^ ” With Fatal Blasts, War Invades Quiet Enclave of Beirut , August 8, 2006” ^ ” Death toll rises to 41 in Monday’s raid on Beirut , August 9, 2006” ^ ” Angry Shi’ites bury the dead after Beirut attack , August 9, 2006” ^ ” ‘Hot air pushed…
2025 (revision 1275195067):
Airstrike in Lebanon The 2006 Shiyyah airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 7, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War . Two missiles fired from an IDF bomber destroyed three apartment buildings in the suburb. Contemporary news accounts stated that the death toll from the airstrikes rose as recovery efforts continued, with 50 corpses recovered at the time of reportage and 61 anticipated. ^ ” With Fatal Blasts, War Invades Quiet Enclave of Beirut ”, The Washington Post , August 8, 2006, ^ ” Angry Shi’ites bury the dead after Beirut attack Archived August 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , August 9, 2006” ^ ” ‘Hot air …
Related
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