Israeli Army Raids Bethlehem Again, Witnesses Say
Israeli tanks and troops raided Bethlehem Saturday for the first time since ending a siege of Palestinian militants inside the Church of the Nativity on May 10, local witnesses said.

Soldiers entered the West Bank city in jeeps followed by tanks and armored personnel carriers and shooting broke out with Israeli helicopter gunships whirring overhead, they said.

Palestinian police said Israeli troops were searching houses within 660 feet of Manger Square, site of the church built over the presumed birthplace of Jesus.
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