What the records say
- When
- 2 Apr 2002 – 10 May 2002
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 31.70° N, 35.21° E
- Description
- 2002 siege
Siege of the Church of the Nativity
2002 siege of a suspected Palestinian militant hideout by Israeli forces
From 2 April to 10 May 2002, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank was besieged by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), targeting suspected Palestinian militants who had taken shelter in the church.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem: Israeli forces besiege the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem when militants take shelter there”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حصار كنيسة المهد في الفترة ما بين 2 أبريل و10 مايو”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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