Christmas in Jesus’s birthplace is a muted affair this year, with the Holy Land cloven by war. The war in Gaza rages, with thousands of civilian casualties, Israelis still held hostage, and many more back home still reeling from the Oct. 7 attacks.
Bethlehem, along the flight path of rockets Hamas in Gaza fires at Jerusalem, has seen explosions directly overhead as Israel’s Iron Dome system intercepts those missiles, an American in Bethlehem told The Epoch Times.