More violence in service of the proposition that Islam is peaceful. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist:
Palestinian police guarding a church in Nablus exchanged fire with assailants and chased them away early Saturday, witnesses said.
Shortly after midnight, the sound of heavy gun fire was heard outside the Roman Catholic Church in the West Bank city .
Resident Abdel Salam Abu Rob said police guarding the church were exchanging fire with wouldbe assailants. Police guards were posted at churches in the West Bank and Gaza last weekend, after a first spate of attacks.
Residents said they heard intensive fire for about 20 minutes. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to the church.
Ealier Friday evening, three small pipe bombs were thrown at a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza city , a church official and police said.
A church official in Gaza City, Nabil Ayad, said one bomb was thrown at the facade of the church, shattering glass windows of a nearby van. The main entrance was blackened.
Two other small bombs were thrown inside the church compound, Ayad said. The extent of damage was not clear yet, Ayad, the caretaker of the church said.