Dahiya doctrine: what Wikipedia removed
The Dahiya doctrine is an Israeli military strategy of large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure to pressure hostile governments. Through 2010 the opening said a conventional army under this doctrine “targets civilian infrastructure that is used by terrorists.” Today the opening describes the same strategy as “domicide,” and terror survives six times in the body. A reader arriving now learns the doctrine is termed domicide, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and not that its stated rationale is targeting infrastructure used by terrorists.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 6. 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 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| occupation | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 stated rationale that the doctrine targets civilian infrastructure used by terrorists is gone from the opening.
- A quoted justification that certain villages are not civilian but military bases is gone from the opening.
- The quoted confirmation that the destruction is ‘a plan’ that ‘has been approved’ is gone from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 365807144):
The Dahiya doctrine is a concept said to be used in the Israel Defense Forces regarding asymmetric warfare in an urban setting, according to which a conventional army targets civilian infrastructure that is used by terrorists . It is named after a Hizbullah stronghold in Beirut with large apartment buildings doubling as Hizbullah command-and-control centers, which were bombed by the IDF during the 2006 Lebanon War . Israeli journalist Yaron London opined in 2008 that the Dahiya strategy or doctrine “will become entrenched in our security discourse” following the Iranian takeover of Lebanon and the mobilization of the latter country’s entire social infrastructure in support of Hizbullah. Lond…
2025 (revision 1295872331):
Israeli strategy of destroying civilian buildings A crater in Dahieh in 2008, two years after the 2006 Lebanon War The Dahiya doctrine , or Dahya doctrine , is an Israeli military strategy involving the large-scale destruction of civilian infrastructure, or domicide , to pressure hostile governments. The doctrine was outlined by former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of General Staff Gadi Eizenkot . Israel colonel Gabi Siboni wrote that Israel “should target economic interests and the centers of civilian power that support the organization”. The logic is to cause difficulties for the civilian population so much that they will then turn against the militants, forcing the enemy to sue for pe…
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