Emad Akel: what Wikipedia removed
Emad Akel was a commander of Hamas’s Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, killed by Israeli forces in 1993. Through October 6, 2023 the opening said Hamas released a two-hour biopic celebrating his life and martyrdom. Today the word martyr survives elsewhere in the article, but the opening is two sentences naming his role and his death. A reader arriving now learns he commanded the Qassam Brigades and was killed by the IDF, not that Hamas produced a film honoring him as a martyr, written by Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar.
The word “martyr” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 3. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| martyr | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 detail that he was killed at age 24 in a shootout with Israeli forces, dropped and replaced with a shorter line.
- The line describing Hamas’s own film celebrating his life and martyrdom, dropped.
- The detail naming Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar as the film’s writer, dropped.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 351746545):
Emed Akel also spelled Imad Akel ( Template:Lang-ar , 1969-1993) was a commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades , the military wing of Hamas . He was killed at age 24 in a shootout with Israeli forces at a checkpoint in 1993. In July 2009, Hamas released its first film, a two-hour biopic celebrating the life and “martyrdom” of Akel. The film was written by Hamas strongman Mahmoud al-Zahar and the interior minister , Fathi Hamad . ^ Gaza: Hamas produces first feature film . Associated Press and Jerusalem Post staff. 2009-07-18.
2025 (revision 1287109830):
Militant leader of Hamas (1971–1993) Emad Akel also spelled Imad Akel ( Arabic : عماد عقل , 1971–1993) was a commander of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades , the military wing of Hamas . He was killed by the Israel Defense Forces .
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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