ISRAELI TANKS HAVE MOVED INTO BETHLEHEM IN THE LATEST OF A SERIES OF R...

World | April 2, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

Israeli tanks have moved into Bethlehem in the latest of a series of raids on cities in the West Bank. A BBC correspondent who watched tanks roll up to within a few hundred metres of the city's Church of the Nativity could hear regular bursts of gunfire. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli troops hunting for militants laid siege to the Palestinian security headquarters near Ramallah. Heavy gunfire was heard from near the compound where the Israeli army says about 50 senior militants wanted for planning suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel are sheltering. The tanks moved into Bethlehem after Israeli snipers took up position in the nearby Deheisheh refugee camp.

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