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Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian militants in the West Bank yesterday, and 30,000 supporters of the Islamic group Hamas rallied in the Gaza Strip, vowing to avenge the killings of gunmen and civilians.

Israeli troops shot dead seven Palestinians in raids across the West Bank and swept back into Bethlehem to reimpose a curfew yesterday, ending a brief Christmas respite from occupation.

Israel declared the West Bank city of Bethlehem a closed military zone and razed the home of a Gaza militant following a Jerusalem suicide bombing on a bus that killed 11 people.

Israel allowed 26 Palestinians to leave the besieged Church of the Nativity yesterday while UN officials looked ready to scrap an inquiry on the devastated Jenin refugee camp in the face of Israeli resistance.