Al-Arkam School: what Wikipedia removed
Al-Arkam school in Gaza City, founded by Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, was partially destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in September 2005. Earlier snapshots said the strike came “in retaliation for rocket attacks launched by Palestinian militants.” Today’s opening states only that Israel carried out the airstrike, with no mention of the rocket attacks that preceded it, and the word does not appear anywhere in the article. A reader today does not learn that the Israeli strike was described as retaliation for Palestinian militant rocket attacks.
The word “militant” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. 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 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| militant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 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 description of the preceding rocket attacks by Palestinian militants as the stated reason for the Israeli airstrike, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 314367218):
Al-Arkam school ( Template:Lang-ar ) is a school in Gaza City which was established by Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin . In September, 2005, it was partially destroyed in an airstrike carried out by Israel in retaliation for rocket attacks launched by Palestinian militants.
2025 (revision 1277677932):
School in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine Al-Arkam school ( Arabic : مدرسة دار الأرقم ) is a school in Gaza City , Palestine which was established by Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin . In September 2005, it was partially destroyed in an airstrike carried out by Israel . ^ Katib, Abid (September 25, 2005). “sraeli Air Strikes Target Gaza City” . Getty Images . Archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025 . Retrieved 24 Jan 2025 .
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