Kiryat Menachem bus bombing: what Wikipedia removed
A Palestinian suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood in 2002 murdered 11 people and injured over 50; Hamas claimed responsibility. In 2005 the opening called it the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre. Today the word massacre is gone from the article entirely, and the attack carries no name beyond ‘a Palestinian suicide bombing.’ A reader arriving now learns 11 people were murdered, not that the attack was named the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre.
The word “massacre” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2005. 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 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| massacre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| terror | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| islamist | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 opening’s original name for the attack, ‘the Jerusalem bus 20 massacre,’ is gone from the article entirely.
- The date sentence was merged into the opening’s first sentence rather than standing alone, an ordinary rewording.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16376924):
The Jerusalem bus 20 massacre was a suicide bombing in Kiriyat Menham , Jerusalem . A Palestinian suicide bomber from Hamas exploded himself on a crowded bus in central Jerusalem, killing 11 people and wounding over 50. It occurred on November 21 , 2002 .
2025 (revision 1284134090):
2002 suicide bombing in Jerusalem A Palestinian suicide bombing occurred on November 21, 2002 in a public bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem in Jerusalem . 11 people were murdered in the attack and over 50 were injured. The Palestinian Islamist militant organization Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. ^ Cole, Leonard A. (May 23, 2007). Terror: How Israel Has Coped and What America Can Learn . Indiana University Press. p. 244 . ISBN 978-0253000019 . ^ Bennet, James (November 21, 2002). “AT LEAST 10 KILLED IN SUICIDE BOMBING OF JERUSALEM BUS” . The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. ^ Ochs, Juliana (June 6, 2011). Security and Suspicion: An Ethnog…
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