Jenin Church

Palestinian Authority police have arrested three men suspected of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity display at a Catholic church in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Jenin, authorities said Wednesday.

Police said the suspects were identified after investigators reviewed surveillance footage from the area surrounding the Holy Redeemer Church. Tools believed to have been used in the attack were seized during the arrests, according to a police statement.

Palestinian police strongly denounced the incident, describing it as an effort to provoke sectarian and religious discord in the West Bank, where tensions have intensified amid the …