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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Bethlehem

Footage purportedly shows a fire in the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, which locals say was started by extremist settlers, January 10, 2025. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Settlers riot in West Bank village for 3rd time in days after terror shooting
By ToI Staff
Farm building set on fire near Ramallah, ‘revenge’ scrawled in Hebrew on wall; no arrests made in nighttime revenge raids amid videos of burning cars, property
Footage purportedly shows a fire in the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, which locals say was started by extremist settlers, January 10, 2025. (X screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 10, 2025, 2:49 pm
Settlers riot in West Bank village for 3rd time in days after terror shooting
Farm building set on fire near Ramallah, ‘revenge’ scrawled in Hebrew on wall; no arrests made in nighttime revenge raids amid videos of burning cars, property
By ToI Staff
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads Christmas morning service at the Christmas morning Mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Catherine, in the Nativity Church Complex, in Bethlehem in the West Bank on December 25, 2024. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
December 25, 2024, 5:50 pm
Bethlehem marks second subdued Christmas, amid pall of ongoing war
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’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A man rests by a row of empty shops near the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 17, 2024. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
December 23, 2024, 2:55 pm
Somber Bethlehem readies for another Christmas under shadow of war
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
By Melanie Lidman
Pope Francis prays before the 'Nativity of Bethlehem 2024,' upon its inauguration in the Paul VI Hall, during the private audience with donors of the nativity scene and the lighting of the Christmas tree ceremony at St Peter's Square, in the Paul-VI hall at the Vatican on December 7, 2024. (Andreas Solaro/ AFP)
December 8, 2024, 8:45 pm
Pope Francis inaugurates nativity scene in Vatican showing baby Jesus on keffiyeh
Pontiff, who recently called to investigate Israel for genocide, preaches end to all war, as he dedicates scene by Palestinian artists, to be displayed in Vatican’s Paul VI Hall
By ToI Staff
Palestinians run from gunfire in the West Bank village of Wadi Rahhal, late August 26, 2024. (Screenshot: X)
August 27, 2024, 9:42 am
Man shot dead by troops amid clash between settlers, Palestinians in West Bank village
Khalil Salem Khalawi, 37, an Israeli citizen, was killed in Wadi Rahhal; IDF says Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli vehicles, prompting settlers to confront them
By Emanuel Fabian
A Russian Orthodox Church priest makes the sign of the cross during an Orthodox Christmas service at the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana near the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, late Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
January 7, 2024, 4:10 am
Orthodox Christians mark Christmas, but celebrations for many overshadowed by war
From Russia, to Serbia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the West Bank, millions hold main worship events on eve of Orthodox Christmas on January 7
By AP
A message in support of Gaza is displayed on a building next to the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24, 2023. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
December 25, 2023, 4:44 am
Faithful pray for Holy Land peace as Gaza fighting dampens Christmas spirit
Pope says his heart is with Bethlehem, where traditional celebrations are largely snuffed out; keffiyeh-clad Latin Patriarch tells Church of Nativity ‘ceasefire is not enough’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Issa Kassissieh dressed up as Santa Claus welcoming visitors inside 'Jerusalem's Santa House' in the Christian Quarter of the Old City, December 14, 2023. (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 19, 2023, 11:50 pm
As war mars festivities, Christians in Israel and West Bank cling to Christmas spirit
In Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Nazareth, public celebrations have been called off, but some insist that the holiday’s message of hope must be allowed to shine
By Gianluca Pacchiani
People walk in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, December 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
December 17, 2023, 12:58 pm
Bethlehem plans muted Christmas festivities under shadow of Israel-Hamas war
Mayor of traditional birthplace of Jesus says celebratory events impossible while Gazans suffer during war, as city’s tourism-dependent economy takes dramatic hit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Two of three Palestinian suspects accused of carrying out a stabbing attack in East Jerusalem, following their arrest on July 22, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 11, 2023, 12:59 pm
Palestinian trio indicted for seriously wounding man in Jerusalem terror stabbing
Teens from Bethlehem, one of them a minor, accused of illegally entering Israel before setting out to Gilo neighborhood to find a Jew to murder
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a terror stabbing in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 9, 2023, 11:55 am
Palestinians to be charged for seriously injuring man in Jerusalem terror stabbing
Three teenagers from Bethlehem allegedly purchased butcher knives, set out for Gilo neighborhood ‘with the aim of murdering a Jew’
By Emanuel Fabian
Police at the scene of a terror stabbing in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem on July 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 22, 2023, 9:48 am
Shin Bet says stabbing in Jerusalem’s Gilo was terror, 3 Palestinians arrested
3 suspects aged 17-19 from Bethlehem detained by security agency, IDF; Or Sayer’s uncle says he was taken to hospital with knife embedded in his back, says he’s not out of danger
By ToI Staff
Israeli forces at the scene of a terrorist shooting attack, near the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, July 16, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2023, 9:34 am
Israeli man seriously injured, 2 daughters lightly hurt in West Bank terror shooting
Children hit by shrapnel in attack near Tekoa settlement; alleged gunman arrested in Bethlehem after manhunt, identified as Hamas activist from Hebron
By Emanuel Fabian
Mourners carry the body of Mustafa Sabah, 16, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Taqu', southeast of Bethlehem, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
April 28, 2023, 4:54 pm
Palestinian teen shot dead by IDF troops during clashes in West Bank
Military says suspects hurling stones, including 16-year-old Mustafa Amer Sabah, endangered troops near Tuqu’, south of Bethlehem
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli troops operate in Kafr Aqab, to measure the home of Eslam Froukh, accused of a twin bombing attack in Jerusalem, early January 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 3, 2023, 8:36 am
Palestinian teen killed in clashes; IDF maps bombing suspect’s homes for demolition
Military says troops opened fire at suspects hurling Molotov cocktails in Dheisheh refugee camp, near Bethlehem; one soldier lightly hurt in clashes in Jenin
By Emanuel Fabian
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