Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem were canceled amid the Israel-Hamas war. Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West ...

The West Bank city of Bethlehem—identified in the Bible as the birthplace of Jesus—held muted Christmas celebrations on Monday amid the war between Israel and Hamas. Christian worshipers pray ...

Their first daughter was born with a heart problem and was operated on a few days later in Israel. They were supposed to return after the rehabilitation, but the war has trapped them in Bethlehem. F ...

"We've seen so many images of children being ... according to Hazboun and a church official in Jerusalem. Before the Hamas attacks in early October, Bethlehem resident Taly Nassar crossed an ...

We’re broken by these images,” said the Rev. Munther Isaac ... Map locates the West Bank city of Bethlehem in Israel, southest of Jerusalem. It also locates the Gaza Strip to the west.

In Roman times, a high-level aqueduct ran straight along the Bethlehem-Jerusalem road ... saints on the basilica’s columns, alongside pictures of the severed heads of the Sudanese soldiers ...

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa holds a mass at the Church of Nativity on December 24, 2023 in Bethlehem, West Bank. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) Dr. Joseph Mugasa ...

It's her fifth trip to Israel, but her first visit to Bethlehem. Nocera thinks the decision ... inspired by television images of children being pulled from the rubble, Issac says.

Christmas will look different in the Middle East this year as Israel's war against Hamas rages ... has caused the town of Bethlehem, the globally revered birthplace of Jesus located in the ...

Meanwhile, an Israeli-built wall partially encircles Bethlehem, cutting it off from Jerusalem and stifling homebuilding and urban growth. Israel says the wall is a necessary security measure to ...

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi, or wise men, to Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. After consulting with King Herod of Judea, the men followed the star to ...