U.N. officials lodged a protest against Israel, charging soldiers held a U.N. staffer at gunpoint while her house was searched and her husband arrested. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency said that Allegra Pacheco and her husband were mistreated by Israeli forces in Bethlehem last Friday, Reuters reported Wednesday.
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