Shooting renewed, stun grenades explode near Bethlehem church

Friday, April 19, 2002

BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Gunfire and the explosions of stun grenades were heard Thursday near the Church of the Nativity, where Israeli forces were laying siege to 200 Palestinian gunmen.

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