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. There ...

Palestinian security forces have been deployed around the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, as the faithful prepared for another solemn Christmas overshadowed by the war in Gaza.

The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ as described in the Bible, in the afternoon. The procession consisted of a convoy of vehicles from Jerusalem ...

Latin patriarch, after visiting Catholics in Gaza, urges faithful in West Bank city to 'not give up,' as pope in Vatican laments 'bombs on schools and hospitals' ...

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem on ...

Hundreds gathered at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank as the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land marked the second Christmas Midnight Mass under the shadow of the war in ...

A Palestinian police woman stands guard as Greek Orthodox clergy gather in the Church of the Nativity, where Christians ...

Dearth of tourism since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack leaves West Bank city with empty streets, empty shops and empty guestrooms at what should be most wonderful time of the year The post Somber ...

Hundreds of worshippers, both Palestinians and foreigners, attended the Midnight Mass at the Church of Nativity in the West ... Pope Francis again criticised Israel’s actions in its ongoing ...

Security forces arranged barriers near the Church of the Nativity ... "We don't feel happy." Bethlehem is an important center in the history of Christianity, but Christians make up only a small ...

A worshipper walks through the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024. (AP ...

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.