TEL AVIV — Christmas celebrations in the Holy Land have begun, overshadowed by the devastating war in the Gaza Strip. The traditional Christian procession arrived in Bethlehem, the birthplace of ...

Nuns walk along the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The church is built on what is traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, Matias ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – Kingsport’s Church Circle presented its annual Nativity scene on Sunday. Come to Bethlehem: A Living Nativity Scene featured live animals and actors to provide an ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tuesday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus under the shadow of war in Gaza. The excitement and cheer that typically ...