Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the…
Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive the Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza | Ap
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families…
Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s | Ap
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families…
Thousands flock to Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic leader in the Holy Land, kicked off Christmas celebrations during the traditional…
Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza | World News
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families…
Christmas celebration returns to Bethlehem as locals see signs of life returning despite Gaza war
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families heralded…
‘People afraid to come visit’: Hope, darkness in Bethlehem on Christmas eve amid war in Gaza
Thousands of people gathered in Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families and some visitors heralded for…
On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem looks like a ghost town because of the Israel-Hamas war
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after…
Bethlehem plans another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and…
Bethlehem lights Christmas tree again while conflict still echoes nearby
By Francesca Pollio Fenton CNA Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 17:39 pm For the past two years —…
Christmas returns to Bethlehem with tree-lighting ceremony — for first time since outset of war in Gaza
From missiles to mistletoe. Christmas celebrations publicly returned to Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, for the first…
Israel foils large Hamas terror network in the West Bank
Israeli security forces in recent weeks broke up a major Hamas terror network in the Judean city of Bethlehem,…