
Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
The sound of drums and bagpipes playing renditions of popular Christmas carols filled the air.
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The sound of drums and bagpipes playing renditions of popular Christmas carols filled the air.
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The “senselessness” of war is etched in the “open wounds” it leaves behind, Pope Leo XIV said as he delivered his first Christmas message on Thursday after a…
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Gaza's deadliest-ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiraled and Israel shifted its efforts against Hamas…
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Tourists converged on the streets, shops and stone buildings of this Palestinian town, where Christians and Muslims live side by side
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With a giant evergreen tree, colourful balloons in the streets and selfies in the Church of the Nativity, Christmas tourism has returned to Bethlehem after two…
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