Fighting flares at church of the nativity
Israeli troops surrounding Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity exchanged fire today with armed Palestinians holed up in one of Christianity’s holiest shrines, and smoke was seen rising from the compound.
A Palestinian policeman, who was trying to extinguish the blaze, was shot dead by an Israeli sniper, a fellow policeman in the compound said. The Israeli military said two Israeli soldiers were wounded.
