At a nearly six-hour meeting Tuesday night, Bethlehem City Council voted to move forward with one of the Bethlehem Parking Authority's plans for a new parking garage.

Bethlehem City Council voted down pay increases for the mayor and controller, but the body approved pay bumps for the president and members of council.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian worker near Bethlehem, invaded Hebron city, and abducted three citizens in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank.