1.   Flames leaped out of three rooms in the Orthodox Christian and Franciscan section of the large compound of the Bethlehem church.

2.   Flames leaped out of three rooms in the Orthodox Christian and Franciscan section of the large compound.

3.   Flames leaped out of three rooms in the Orthodox Christian and Franciscan section of the large compound, witnesses said.

4.   Israeli soldiers fired flares that apparently touched off the blaze in the Orthodox and Franciscan sections of the church compound, witnesses said.

5.   Jaeger said that electricity and water had been restored to part of the church compound on Wednesday, but the Franciscan section was still cut off.

6.   The fire damaged a meeting room in the Franciscan section of the compound, destroying a piano, chairs, altar cloths and ceremonial cups.

7.   The Israeli soldiers fired flares into that apparently touched off the blaze in the Orthodox and Franciscan sections of the church, witnesses said.