 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Musi waDecember 21, 1995, mauto echiIsraeri akabva muBhetrehema, uye mazuva matatu gare gare guta racho rakava pasi pokutonga uye pokudzora kwemauto kwePalestinian National Authority maererano neInterim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Mukati mePalestine Intifada Yechipirimuna 2000-2005, zvivako zveBethlehem uye indasitiri yezvokushanyirwa zvakaparadzwa. Muna 2002, yaive nzvimbo yekutanga yekurwa muOperation Defensive Shield, hombe yekurwisa kwemauto nemauto eIsrael Defense Forces IDF. IDF yakakomberedza Church of the Nativity, uko makumi evarwi vePalestine vakanga vatsvaka utiziro. Kukomba kwacho kwakatora mazuva 39. Varwi vanoverengeka vakaurawa. Yakaguma nechibvumirano chokudzinga vapanduki 13 kunyika dzokumwe. 