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Priest1 >Al Jazeera this morning interviewed a councilman from Bethlehem who >confirmed the story along with sisters from St. Mary's. The priest was >trying to help the nuns to get shelter from the shelling, when he was shot >repeatedly by nearby Israeli soldiers. What was also interesting is that >they continued shooting at St. Mary's even though it was clearly >identified as a house of worship. The Israeli spokesman claimed the nuns >were harboring "terrorists". > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020402/wl_nm/mideast_dc_1265 Bethlehem Battles as Israel Invades West Bank Towns Tue Apr 2, 7:58 AM ET Reuters By Said Ayyad In Bethlehem, outgunned Palestinians fought desperately to keep Israeli troops out of Manger Square after tanks and armored vehicles pushed into the biblical town near Jerusalem overnight. Witnesses said helicopter gunships fired into the square, near the Church of Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, after a Palestinian fighter damaged a tank with a grenade. A 65-year-old Italian priest, Jacques Amateis, was reported killed during the fighting. The Roman Catholic Missionary Service News Agency said he had died in Saint Mary's convent.

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