BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...

In Victorian days, Rice said, Bethlehem's residents would "go putzing" — visiting each other's homes between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day to look at Nativity scenes. In 1937, the local ...

Lighting candles on Christmas Eve, joining Santa for a sleigh rideChristmas — from the Christian celebration to the secular commercial holiday — is omnipresent in Bethlehem.On a recent day ...

Palestinian police forces assembled ahead of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem's arrival on Christmas Eve. Across Bethlehem, art displays expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza. A Nativity ...

A priest walks by the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Bethlehem is having ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — 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.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — 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-Hamas war.

A pall of gloom descended over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve as the Gaza war weighed heavily ... of the conflict in Gaza This year, there is an art installation expressing solidarity with Gazans ...