Breakdown in Talks on Standoff at Church
Israel has refused to allow more than small deliveries, and an angry Salah Taamri, the top Palestinian negotiator, said on Sunday that he could not ensure that people inside would react rationally any longer. "We don't know what a desperate person will do," he said.

Signs of that desperation emerged today.
About 10 a.m., Kalashnikov fire could be heard coming from the church compound, and the Israelis opened fire. One man, who the Israelis said had been seen on one of the compound's courtyards with a gun, was struck in the chest and killed.

The dead man was later tentatively identified by both sides as Nidal Abayat, a member of a hardened clan of militant fighters and organized crime members from the nearby town of Beit Jala, and not one who would ordinarily expose himself to Israeli fire. One Israeli military official said he had gone out into a courtyard, shooting wildly and courting death.
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