Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican. In Bethlehem, in ...

Nuns walk along the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve in the West Bank city of Bethlehem ... There are about 182,000 in Israel, 50,000 in the West Bank and Jerusalem and 1,300 in Gaza ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity ... citing Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics. Father Issa Thaljieh, the parish priest of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Church of the Nativity ...

Palestinian security forces deployed around the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday ... sombre mood as the war between Israel and Palestinian militants ...

People light candles at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters ... from leaving the territory to work in Israel, causing the economy there to contract by 25 percent.

Palestinian scouts lift banners as they partake in the yearly Christmas procession towards the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem town in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Dec 24, 2024.

Palestinian security forces have been deployed around the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem ... reflecting the sombre mood as the war between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza ...

Palestinian security forces arranged barriers near the Nativity Church, built atop the spot where Jesus is believed to have ...