International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, Nov. 22, 2002

Newspapers in Israel have dubbed it Black November.

With 29 killed in just 10 days, Israelis are still burying their dead and the government is weighing its latest response to the recent outbreak of terror attacks.

The latest attack, a Jerusalem bus bombing Thursday morning, killed 11 people including a mother and her 16-year-old son and a grandmother and her 8-year-old grandson. Two 13-year-old girls were also among the dead. Many of the wounded included school children.

The army has arrested the uncle and brother of the Hamas terrorist who carried the bus bombing and by Friday morning, troops moved into Bethlehem, the city where the bomber lived.

Israel is saying that its "Bethlehem first" plan, in which the army pulled back from the city in August in exchange for assurances of quiet, is now "null and void." Bethlehem will be treated no differently from other Palestinian cities that have turned into hotbeds of terrorism.

The IDF has also moved back into Hebron, following the Friday night attack there when 12 were killed. The IDF had recently withdrawn from Hebron.

In Bethlehem, an Israeli armored vehicle in Manger Square blocked the entrance to the Church of the Nativity, marking the traditional birthplace of Jesus, to prevent Palestinian gunmen from taking refuge there. In April, dozens of gunmen fled into the church ahead of invading Israeli forces, setting off a tense 39-day standoff which resulted in 13 Palestinians being exiled to European nations.

Army spokesman Doron Spielman said the goal of the incursion was "to change the reality in Bethlehem." He said since Israeli forces pulled out of the town in August, Palestinians have established a "terror infrastructure" and prepared suicide bomb attacks. He said the Palestinian Authority had "failed miserably" in its responsibility to prevent attacks.