Military says Ghada Ibrahim Ali al-Sabiteen, 47, was shot when she 'approached IDF soldiers in a suspicious manner' in Husan, with tensions high across the West Bank

For Milad Ayyad, the trip to the city sacred to Christians, his first outside Gaza since childhood, was 'like traveling from one country to another'

Tens of thousands visit northern town for festive events; in the West Bank, meanwhile, locals who depend on tourism for their livelihood say health crisis 'worse than war'

Local authorities counting on the Holy Land’s small Christian community to lift spirits for the holiday after Israel imposes tourist travel ban in attempt to stop spread of Omicron

Foreign Ministry condemns 'false and dangerous' allegations that came after Birthright groups given special permission to enter country, unlike Christmas pilgrims

ToI editor David Horovitz talks about the holy site deal and Iran's nuclear threat while Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman discusses settler violence and Christmas in Bethlehem

Churches asking Tourism Ministry for Christmas tourists to be allowed in as well as Jewish group, as Bethlehem and other cities ready for second yuletide season without visitors

Some tourists were expected to return this year, but new COVID strain and resulting Israeli ban on foreigners mean city will likely see second year with little income

Some 500 of the Strip's 1000-strong minority allowed to travel to Israel and the West Bank for the holiday season as Israel eases restrictions

Many hotels in the tourism-dependent West Bank city have shut down and shopkeepers have struggled amid the nearly two-year-long pandemic