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Israeli troops on Sunday urged Palestinians holed up in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity to come out. The church has been surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks in a weeklong standoff aimed at capturing Palestinian gunmen who have taken refuge inside the basilica.

April 8, 2002
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Israeli troops on Sunday urged Palestinians holed up in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity to come out. The church has been surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks in a weeklong standoff aimed at capturing Palestinian gunmen who have taken refuge inside the basilica.

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