Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, were cancelled this year. The West Bank town was instead patrolled by Palestinian security forces amid the Israel-Hamas war.

The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and ...

Jesus was born in a manger in a town called Bethlehem of Judea. This town, about six miles south of Jerusalem, is now located in a part of the Palestinian West Bank and has become a key point of ...

This year, amid the Israel-Hamas war, Bethlehem is a "ghost town," AP reported. Christian Palestinian leaders canceled public Christmas celebrations, citing the widespread bombing, death ...

after the mayor announced that Christmas is cancelled as a result of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza. But even in the quietest of winters, Bethlehem can seem bleak. The core of the old town ...

The biblical town of Bethlehem marked a merry Christmas on ... Daisy Lucas, a 38-year-old Filipina who works in Israel, said it was a dream come true to mark the holiday in such an important ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem ... Bank amid the war sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. That is compounding economic misery that began with the Covid ...

The little town of Bethlehem has cancelled Christmas celebrations for a second year while Israel’s war reigns in Gaza and West Bank Palestinians face Israeli settler attacks and army operations.

The atmosphere in Bethlehem, the town where Jesus was born, was more relaxed this Christmas. The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, who was the object of a protest ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The normally bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town on Sunday, as Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel ...

Israel says the wall is a necessary security ... BETHLEHEM, West Bank — In the little town of Bethlehem, Christmas this year ...