That economic lifeline vanished when war broke out in Gaza following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.

JERUSALEM — Following two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, this year the holiday will be celebrated in the Holy Land in all its splendor, especially in ...

Arise, shine, Bethlehem, for the light of peace has dawned anew.” With these words, Bethlehem celebrated the traditional ...

But as a precarious ceasefire in Gaza enters its second month, the city held a ceremony on Saturday night, lighting up the 20 ...

After two somber and muted Christmas seasons, the city where Christ was born is preparing to celebrate again. The Palestinian ...

A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - As the Christmas decorations go up in Manger Square, Bethlehem is preparing for its best Christmas for two decades, the town's mayor and hoteliers say. Five new hotels ...

Tourists and pilgrims are slowly beginning to return to Bethlehem following the implementation in October of the ...

Churches in Bethlehem are observing Christmas this year without the usual celebrations, eschewing giant trees, sparkling lights and festive carols. Christmas Eve in Bethlehem is quiet this year - no ...

A fragment of a wooden relic, reputed to be from Jesus' manger, is displayed ahead of its transfer to Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem for the official launch of Christmas season, in Jerusalem's Notre ...

A store in Bethlehem has replaced the traditional manger scene with an olive wood carving of the Israeli wall that cuts Bethlehem off from Jerusalem. Dion Nissenbaum / MCT BETHLEHEM, West Bank — For ...