Israel’s military operations in Bethlehem are drawing protests from church leaders, who accuse the army of firing indiscriminately at church sites. Israel in turn denied that it fired at any churches in Bethlehem and accused Palestinian gunmen of launching attacks on Israeli targets from churches in order to draw Israeli fire.
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