Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian on Monday who fired at them from the courtyard of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity. Israeli and Palestinian officials meanwhile continued efforts to end the month-long standoff between Israeli troops and armed Palestinians holed up inside the shrine.
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