Beit Rima raid: what Wikipedia removed
The Beit Rima raid was a 2001 Israeli military operation in the West Bank village of Beit Rima, killing at least six people while searching for those responsible for the assassination of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Ze’evi. Through the October 6, 2023 snapshot, the article’s own title called it the Beit Rima massacre, describing the same tanks, helicopters and casualty count. Today the title and opening both read Beit Rima raid, and massacre is nowhere in the article. A reader today learns Israeli forces conducted a raid, not that Wikipedia’s own title called it a massacre as recently as October 2023.
The word “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. 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 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| massacre | 1 | 0 |
| militant | 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”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”6 October 2023 (revision 1152921619):
2001 Israeli assault on West Bank village The Beit Rima massacre took place on 24 October 2001 when Israeli Defence Forces swept into the West Bank village of Beit Rima with tanks and attack helicopters in a search for militants that resulted in the deaths of at least 6 people and the serious injury of dozens of others. The stated purpose of the raid was to capture those responsible for the death of a Rehavam Ze’evi , a cabinet minister assassinated by the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine , though it is unclear if any of those involved were present. It was the first major Israeli military raid into Palestinian-controlled territory, according to Human Rights Watch . ^ Cite error…
2025 (revision 1294070508):
2001 Israeli assault on West Bank village The Beit Rima raid took place on 24 October 2001 when Israeli Defence Forces swept into the West Bank village of Beit Rima with tanks and attack helicopters in a search for militants that resulted in the deaths of at least 6 people and the serious injury of dozens of others. The stated purpose of the raid was to capture those responsible for the death of a Rehavam Ze’evi , a cabinet minister assassinated by the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine , though it is unclear if any of those involved were present. It was the first major Israeli military raid into Palestinian-controlled territory, according to Human Rights Watch . ^ Cite error: Th…
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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