Fear stalks the streets of Bethlehem:Israeli troops leave a trail of destruction in one of Christianity's holiest sites

The bodies of Samaya Moussa Abda, 64, and her son Khalid Yakoub Isa Abda, 37, were locked as if in a final embrace, sprawled against a bloody sofa on the floor of their little shop in Bethlehem's old quarter.
The Israeli soldiers who came to their door on Monday had been shouting through the metal door for Samaya and Khalid to open up.

When they refused the soldiers fired 18 bullets through the door, cutting down Samaya and her son, who had collapsed and died in the gloomy ground floor room.

Khalid's brother Yousef, who showed us the bodies where they lay, took us through his house. He showed us where a missile from an Apache helicopter had blown a hole through the wall of his children's bedroom.