A fact from Battle of Beersheba (1948) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that although Israeli forces were planning to attack Arab Beersheba in May 1948, they were forced to delay the Battle of Beersheba until just one day before a planned ceasefire in October 1948?
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