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Operation Hot Winter: what Wikipedia removed

Operation Hot Winter was a February 2008 Israeli offensive in Gaza launched in response to Hamas rocket fire. Through 2020 the opening reported “At least 112 Palestinian militants and three Israelis were killed.” Today’s opening reports “At least 112 Palestinians, along with three Israelis, were killed,” dropping the word describing who those 112 were, though it survives fourteen times in the body. A reader today does not learn from the opening that the count of 112 Palestinian dead was originally specified as militants, not unqualified civilians.

The word “militant” appeared 2 times in this article’s opening at its peak, in 2010. Today the opening carries none; the body carries 14. Checked against the full current article on 2026-08-01.

The tracked words, snapshot by snapshot

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militant22220

Counts are of the opening paragraph only, the part most readers, search engines and AI training sets ever quote.

What was taken out

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  • A Wikinews sidebar link, retained in a different form.
  • The casualty count’s description of the 112 Palestinian dead as militants, dropped in favor of the unqualified word Palestinians.
  • The description of the rocket attacks as being carried out by militants, reworded to drop the qualifier.

How it opened then, and now

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2010 (revision 370401518):

Belligerents Israel ( IDF ) Hamas Commanders and leaders Ehud Olmert Gabi Ashkenazi Yoav Galant Eliezer Shkedi Dan Halutz Khaled Mashal Ismail Haniyeh Mahmoud az-Zahar Ahmed Jabari Casualties and losses 3 killed (1 civilian) 8 wounded 112 killed (52 civilians), 350 wounded. Wikinews has related news: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cuts ties with Israel Operation Hot Winter , also called Operation Warm Winter ( Template:Lang-he , Mivtza Horef Ham ) was an Israel Defense Forces military campaign in the Gaza Strip , launched on February 29, 2008 in response to Qassam rockets fired from the Strip by Hamas . At least 112 Palestinian militants and three Israelis were killed, and more than 150…

2025 (revision 1292525822):

2008 military offensive in the Gaza strip Belligerents Israel ( IDF ) Gaza Hamas Commanders and leaders Ehud Olmert Gabi Ashkenazi Yoav Galant Eliezer Shkedi Dan Halutz Khaled Mashal Ismail Haniyeh Mahmoud al-Zahar Ahmed Jabari Casualties and losses 3 killed (1 civilian), 8 wounded 112 killed (52 civilians), 350 wounded Wikinews has related news: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cuts ties with Israel In February 2008, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Hot Winter ( Hebrew : מבצע חורף חם , romanized : Mivtza Horef Ham ), also called Operation Warm Winter , in the Gaza Strip , starting on February 29, 2008 in response to Qassam rockets fired from the Strip by Hamas onto Israeli ci…

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