List of Israeli assassinations: what Wikipedia removed
The 2015 opening explained the campaigns, including Operation Wrath of God “launched as a response to the 1972 Munich massacre”. Terror ran at 7 mentions and is 0 today; the list now opens as “alleged and confirmed assassinations” with the reasons removed.
The word “terror” appeared 7 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2020. Today it appears nowhere in the article at all, references included. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02.
The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot
Section titled “The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot”| word | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| militant | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| massacre | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| occupation | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| resistance | 0 | 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 purpose of the operations, containing terror, removed from the opening.
- The list’s own scope statement was reworded.
Who made the cuts
Section titled “Who made the cuts”Wikipedia publishes who makes every edit. These removals were traced to the exact revision that made them:
- 2023-09-05, Longhornsg, edit summary: “rmv content throughout article attributed to Eyal Weizman — 1) not one iota of it is sourced 2) Weizman is an activist,” (see the diff)
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2010 (revision 370038594):
This article is about assassinations allegedly performed by Israel. For violent incidents in in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, see Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict . The following is a list of assassinations reported to have been conducted by the state of Israel . It includes attempts on noteworthy persons that were reported to have been specifically targeted by the various Israeli security , intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Some of the listed assassination were denied by Israel. Most fall within a series of campaigns, including Operation Wrath of God , launched as a response to the 1972 Munich massacre , Israeli actions in the wake of the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000–), a…
2026 (revision 1361737394):
This article is about assassinations committed by the State of Israel. For Zionist assassinations before Israel, see Zionist political violence § Assassinations . The following is a list of alleged and confirmed assassinations reported to have been conducted by the State of Israel . It includes attempts against individuals who were reportedly (or confirmed to have been) specifically targeted by various Israeli security , intelligence and law enforcement agencies, including the Israel Defense Forces and the Mossad . Logo used by the Israel Defense Forces to announce targeted killings of Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthi members since 2024. Logo used by the Israel Defense Forces to announce targeted…
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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