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To: Ilaine who wrote (23479)4/4/2002 4:04:50 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
>>Priest Says Israelis Destroy Bethlehem Church Door
Last Updated: April 04, 2002 07:11 AM ET
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ROME (Reuters) - Israeli troops have destroyed a door
into Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity and have battled
with Palestinians holed up in the building, one of the
priests trapped in the complex said on Thursday.

"The situation is very serious. The Jews have knocked
down the door of the nativity church where all the
Palestinians were," Father Ibrahim Faltas, custodian of the Bethlehem church, said in
a telephone interview with RAI television news.

"The Palestinians are now in the Convent. There is a battle going on between the two
sides and we are in the middle. We are in danger. Try to save us," he said.

Some 200 Palestinian militants, many of them armed, have taken refuge in the church
to avoid capture by Israeli troops who have surrounded the building. Around 40
monks and nuns are also in the religious complex.

Witnesses earlier on Thursday reported hearing explosions and heavy machinegun
fire from the back of the church, which is one of Christianity's holiest sites. The
Israeli army has denied its forces were in action. <<

reuters.com

I am not willing to believe that Father Faltas is lying about this.
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