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A church in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, is receiving attention for its decision to redesign its Christmas nativity scene to reflect the impact of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — 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 ...

Christian worshipers pray at the Grotto, under the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to ... More be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Day, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

This tradition will therefore continue, but the procession along Star Street ... the Basilica of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, Nov 18, 2023. Credit: Marinella Bandini Christmas is just a month ...

A view of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church's Nativity scene in Bethlehem. This year, it portrays a baby Christ born under rubble and wrapped up in a Palestinian keffiyeh. BETHLEHEM ...

No Christmas market on Star Street ... On Milk Grotto Road, I found Jack Giacaman carving nativity sets. His father’s family has lived in Bethlehem for 800 years, his grandfather an artisan ...

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.

Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there ... a bombed-out version of the traditional nativity cave, which many Christians ...

Vinh said he always comes to Bethlehem to mark Christmas, but this year was especially sobering. He gazed at a nativity scene in Manger Square with a baby Jesus wrapped in a white shroud ...