A crane hoisting a speaker system emitting high
pitch sounds is seen towering over the Church of the Nativity compound
in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Saturday, April 13, 2002, as
Israeli forces took to psychological warfare in an effort to demoralise
gunmen holed up in the compound. Israeli forces continued to ring
one of Christianity's most sacred sites, the Church of the Nativity,
built over the traditional birthplace of Jesus, where some 200 Palestinians
are holed up.
(
AP
Photo/Peter Dejong)
Apr 13 12:48 PM ET