Tank raid on Hebron as Church deadlock continues

Violence punctuated negotiations to resolve a three-week standoff at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, where Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian, while Israeli tanks briefly entered the city of Hebron early today.

The Bethlehem holy site, marking the traditional birthplace of Jesus, was one of two hot spots left over from Israel’s largest military offensive in two decades, which ended elsewhere over the weekend when Israeli forces pulled out of Palestinian towns.