<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Israel">Israeli</a> forces <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_the_Church_of_the_Nativity_in_Bethlehem" id="mw6Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem">surround the Church of the Nativity</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bethlehem">Bethlehem</a>, into which armed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> had retreated.