Adnan al-Ghoul: what Wikipedia removed
Hamas explosives chief behind the 1995 Beit Lid junction attack. The 2015 opening called him “one of the senior operatives in Hamas’ military-terrorist apparatus”; today terror appears 0 times anywhere in the article.
The word “terror” appeared 6 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| martyr | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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”- Today the article keeps the reverence and lost the terrorism: he is still a martyr to his movement, no longer a terrorist to his victims.
- The line establishing his seniority inside a terrorist apparatus is gone; today’s article ranks him without naming what he ranked in.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 17341664):
Adnan Al-Ghoul was the assistant of Mohammed Deif , the leader of the Ezzedeen-al-qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas . He was killed along with Imad Abbas in an airstike while riding in his car in Gaza on October 21st, 2004. Identified by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) as Hamas’ top bombmaker, he joined the organisation soon after its creation in 1988. He then served as an assistant to Ezeedeen-al-qassam’s top engineer, Yahya Ayyash . Al-Ghoul took over Ayyash’s role in 1996 after his mentor’s assassination. Early in the Al-Aqsa intifada , Al-Ghoul developed the Qassam rocket . Al-Ghoul also masterminded the development of weapons made from raw material and equipment smuggled into th…
2026 (revision 1359117492):
Palestinian militant leader (c. 1962 – 2004) For the anti-materiel rifle, see Steyr HS .50 / HS .460 § Al-Ghoul . ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Adnan Al-Ghoul ( c. 1962 – 21 October 2004) ( Arabic : عدنان الغول ) was the assistant of Mohammed Deif , the leader of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades , the armed wing of Hamas . He was killed in a targeted killing along with Imad Abbas when an Israeli Air Force AH-64 helicopter attacked their car in Gaza on 21 October 2004. He is seen as a martyr by Hamas members. Adnan Al-Ghoul was one of the senior operatives in Hamas’ military apparatus. He specialized in explosives and among other attacks was behind the 1995 attack at the Beit…
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