Hundreds gathered at the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank as the leader of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land marked the second Christmas Midnight Mass under the shadow of the war in Gaza.

Noël morose à Bethléem, qui limite sa joie en raison de la guerre – INTELLI.NEWS

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A gloomy Christmas in Bethlehem, which limits its joy due to the war

For a second straight year, the war raging in Gaza has kept pilgrims and tourists away from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, where Christmas tourism makes up about 70% of the city's economy. Imtiaz Tyab has more.

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Amid Gaza war, another year of subdued Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem

It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war still raging in Gaza. Palestinians in the city believed to be the birthplace of Jesus are hurting after more than a year of war.

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Christmas Day in Bethlehem -- the mood in the city is somber

The angels' song seems "wrong after a year full of bloodshed and shattered hopes": The highest representative of the Catholic Church expresses solidarity with the Palestinians during the Christmas Mass in Bethlehem.

Der Engelsgesang wirke »schief nach einem Jahr voller Blutvergießen und zerstörten Hoffnungen«: Der höchste Vertreter der katholischen Kirche bekundet während der Christmesse in Betlehem Solidarität mit den Palästinensern.

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Bethlehem: Cardinal expresses sympathy for Palestinians during mass

A few hundred faithful gathered in and around the Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, the cradle of Christianity, where Christmas celebrations have been darkened for the second year in a row by the war in the Gaza Strip. Details from Noga Tarnopolsky, France 24 correspondent in Bethlehem. Source

Quelques centaines de fidèles se sont rassemblés dans et autour de l’Eglise de la Nativité dans la ville palestinienne de Bethléem, berceau du christianisme, où les célébrations de Noël sont assombries pour la deuxième année consécutive par la guerre dans la bande de Gaza. Précisions de Noga Tarnopolsky, correspondante de France 24 à Bethléem. Source

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Bethlehem marks a minimalist Christmas Mass amid ongoing war in Gaza

"The wars we have lived through have allowed us to experience the transience of this world and our lives," emphasized Father Jerzy Kraj, a Franciscan and director of the Christian Information Center.

"Wojny, które przeżyliśmy, pozwoliły nam doświadczyć przemijalności tego świata i naszego życia" - podkreślił ojciec Jerzy Kraj, franciszkanin i dyrektor Centrum Informacji Chrześcijańskiej.

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Bethlehem, the city that according to tradition-is the birthplace of Jesus Christ, celebrated a somber Christmas for the second consecutive year in solidarity with Gaza, where more than 45,000 people have died as a result of the Israeli attacks. The city lacked its usual Christmas joy, there were no lights like the traditional giant tree that adorned its central square of the Nativity scene. There were no crowds of tourists or youth gangs marchi…

Belén, la ciudad que según la tradición-es el lugar de nacimiento de Jesucristo, celebró una sombría Navidad por segundo año consecutivo en solidaridad con Gaza, donde han muerto más de 45 mil personas producto de los ataques israelíes.La ciudad carecía de su habitual alegría navideña, no habían luces como tampoco el tradicional árbol gigante que adornara su plaza central del Pesebre. No habían multitudes de turistas o bandas juveniles marchando…

Belén celebra la Navidad con pocos turistas y ninguna decoración bajo la sombra del segundo año de la guerra - La Tercera

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Bethlehem celebrates Christmas with few tourists and no decoration under the shadow of the second year of the war

Bethlehem: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed his solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for the destruction and killing they are suffering. In a speech presiding over the midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the southern West Bank on the occasion of Christmas according to the Western calendar, Pizzaballa called for “the consolidation of justice and peace for all.” (Anatolia)

بيت لحم: أعرب بطريرك القدس للاتين بييرباتيستا بيتسابالا، عن تضامنه مع الفلسطينيين في قطاع غزة لما يعانيه من تدمير وقتل. وفي كلمة له خلال ترؤس قداس منتصف الليل في كنيسة المهد ببيت لحم جنوبي الضفة الغربية بمناسبة عيد الميلاد حسب التقويم الغربي، دعا بيتسابالا، إلى “توطيد العدل، وأن يعم السلام الجميع”. (الأناضول)

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Christmas Mass in Bethlehem.. An invitation to pray for Gaza

Amid Gaza war, another year of subdued Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem
For a second straight year, the war raging in Gaza has kept pilgrims and tourists away from Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, where Christmas tourism makes up about 70% of the city's economy. Imtiaz Tyab has more.

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