Al-Quds rocket: what Wikipedia removed
The al-Quds 101 rocket is a homemade artillery rocket made and used by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Through 2010 the opening said it was made and used by the group for use in terrorist attacks of Israel. Today the opening reads that it was made for use in attacks against Israel, and the word terrorist is nowhere in the article, count zero. A reader arriving now learns the rocket was used in attacks on Israel, and not that Wikipedia once called those attacks terrorist.
The word “terror” 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| jihad | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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 word terrorist was dropped from the description of the rocket’s use, now reading attacks against Israel instead of terrorist attacks of Israel.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 366393971):
The al-Quds 101 Rocket is a homemade rocket made and used by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad for use in terrorist attacks of Israel . The al-Quds 101 is most likely similar to the Qassam rocket series used by Hamas. On February 11, 2006, Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Hamza reported that the newly developed al-Quds 2 had a length of 2.3 meters and were capable of striking Ashkelon , Israel, from the Gaza Strip . Islamic Jihad has recently released video showing the development of a much larger Quds-4 rocket.
2025 (revision 1207720887):
Palestinian homemade artillery rocket The al-Quds 101 Rocket is a homemade artillery rocket made and used by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad for use in attacks against Israel. The al-Quds 101 is most likely similar to the Qassam rocket series used by Hamas. On February 11, 2006, Islamic Jihad spokesman Abu Hamza reported that the newly developed al-Quds 2 had a length of 2.3 meters and were capable of striking Ashkelon , Israel, from the Gaza Strip . Islamic Jihad has recently released a video showing the development of a much larger Quds-4 rocket. These rockets cannot be fired precisely to target specific military objectives in or near civilian areas. Human Rights Watch issued an analysis, st…
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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