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PHOTOS: Christmas celebrations in West Bank marred by ongoing Israeli incursion

Published December 25, 2023
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A Latin bishop gives holy bread to a worshiper during the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity compound in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on December 25, 2023 — AFP
A Latin bishop gives holy bread to a worshiper during the Christmas midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity compound in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on December 25, 2023 — AFP

An installation shows a figure symbolizing baby Jesus lying amidst the rubble in a grotto ahead of Christmas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 24, 2023 — Reuters
An installation shows a figure symbolizing baby Jesus lying amidst the rubble in a grotto ahead of Christmas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 24, 2023 — Reuters

An installation shows a figure symbolizing baby Jesus lying amidst the rubble in a grotto ahead of Christmas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 24, 2023 — Reuters
An installation shows a figure symbolizing baby Jesus lying amidst the rubble in a grotto ahead of Christmas at the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 24, 2023 — Reuters

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