Maxim restaurant suicide bombing: what Wikipedia removed
Twenty-one civilians were killed and sixty injured, including two families and a two-month-old baby, in the 2003 bombing of the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. Through 2005 the opening called it the massacre committed in the Arab-Jewish Maxim restaurant. Today the opening calls it a “Palestinian suicide bombing,” and massacre is nowhere in the article. A reader today learns twenty-one people were killed in a suicide bombing, and not that Wikipedia’s own opening once called it a 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| militant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| jihad | 1 | 1 | 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 original opening sentence naming and dating the attack, replaced by today’s differently worded description.
- The sentence explicitly calling the attack a massacre, dropped from today’s opening.
- The identification of the bomber as a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, dropped from today’s opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2005 (revision 16296912):
The Maxim restaurant suicide bombing occurred on October 4 , 2003 , when a 29-year-old Palestinian female suicide bomber , Hanadi Jaradat , exploded inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa . 21 Israelis , Jews and Arabs were killed, and 51 others were wounded. Among the victims were two families and four children, including a two-month-old baby. The massacre was committed in the Arab-Jewish Maxim restaurant. Hanadi Jaradat was a trainee lawyer, and a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad .
2025 (revision 1288006679):
2003 Palestinian terror attack in Haifa, Israel The Maxim restaurant bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on October 4, 2003, in the beachfront restaurant Maxim in Haifa , Israel . Twenty-one civilians were killed and 60 were injured. Among the victims were two families and four children, including a two-month-old baby. The restaurant, which is located at the seafront near the southern boundary of the city of Haifa, was frequently attended by both Arab and Jewish local populations, and was widely seen as a symbol of peaceful coexistence in Haifa. The militant organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack. It was condemned by Palestinian President Yasser…
Related
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