As much of the chanted liturgy is taking place among the congregation, the priest is busy preparing the eucharist.

Nothing new except the shifting curfews in Jenin.

In the evening, we did an interview with the Diocese of Sioux Falls' radio program Catholic Views.

One of the people the group visited with, who has a military background, talked about the battle here from that perspective. The military part of the Israeli action he had no problem with - cornering the resistance fighters into an area bounded by four main streets was good military strategy. It was after that, in his view, that the Israeli army broke all rules of combat, bulldozing and collapsing the area, denying emergency services and relief agencies into the area.

One of our teachers in Tubas was near the place where the car was blown up. "Our house shook like an earthquake," he told us. The two children who were killed were his cousins. "They were on their way to buy ice cream."

At church, Deacon Firas joined in worship leadership as well, fresh off his ordination yesterday.