Natural gas in the Gaza Strip: what Wikipedia removed
The Gaza Marine gas field’s development stalled after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007. As of October 6, 2023, the opening explained that Israel refused to deal with Hamas, “being a globally recognized terror group.” Today the opening states only that Israel refuses to deal with Hamas, with no explanation given, and the word terror survives once in the body. A reader today does not learn that Wikipedia’s own opening once described Hamas as a globally recognized terror group as the stated reason for Israel’s refusal.
The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 6 October 2023. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 1. 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 | 2020 | 6 October 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| terror | 0 | 1 | 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 description of Hamas as a globally recognized terror group, the stated reason for Israel’s refusal to deal with it, dropped from the opening.
- A status update on the gas field’s development as of 2015, dropped from the opening.
How it opened then, and now
Section titled “How it opened then, and now”2020 (revision 877293279):
Reserves of natural gas were found offshore the Gaza Strip in the year 2000, within the framework of licensing to British Gas by the Palestinian National Authority. The discovered gas field Gaza Marine , though mediocre in size, had been considered at the time as one of the possible drives to boost Palestinian economy and promote regional cooperation. With Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in the year 2007, the chances for developing the gas field turned low - both due to standoff with the Ramallah administration and the Israeli refusal to deal with Hamas. The chances further diminished with the discovery of major gas fields in the Israeli economic waters in 2009 and 2010, making Israel an un…
2025 (revision 1293502586):
Offshore gas reserves off the Gaza coast Reserves of natural gas were found offshore the Gaza Strip in the year 2000, within the framework of licensing to British Gas by the Palestinian National Authority. The discovered gas field, Gaza Marine , though mediocre in size, had been considered at the time as one of the possible drives to boost Palestinian economy and promote regional cooperation. With Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip in the year 2007, the chances for developing the gas field reduced, due to a stand-off with the Ramallah administration and Israel’s refusal to deal with Hamas. The chances further diminished with the discovery of major gas fields in the Israeli economic waters in …
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