IDF Civil Administration and police accompany Massimo Fusarelli to capital, West Bank city; Israel gearing up for influx of tourists during Christmas holiday

Men from southern Gaza Strip to be hanged; Bethlehem court gives man 15 years for land sale to Israelis

Defense Ministry to okay 1,000 Palestinians homes and some 2,000 settler houses; Jerusalem court freezes Palestinian home demolitions in Silwan

According to her brother, Fahima al-Hroub, 60, attempted suicide days before she was shot by troops whom she approached brandishing a knife; says she refused medicine, therapy

Over 200,000 watch controversial ceremony, with small in-person gatherings in Tel Aviv and Bethlehem; participants from both sides of the conflict call for peace

Health officials had recommended a full two-week lockdown; 24% of tests come back positive Saturday PA PM says major vaccine shipment due in early March

Congestion in ICUs reaches new heights, according to PA Health Minister Mai al-Kaila; 25%-30% of tests in Bethlehem coming back positive, says PA health official

Police arrest suspect after a foot chase in the al-Ayda refugee camp, near Bethlehem holy site; incident comes amid uptick in violence in the West Bank

Palestinians celebrate holiday in the traditional birthplace of Jesus with marching bands and other events, but there, and around the world, streets are empty and moods are sombre

Israel Museum researcher finds rare eulogia token showing both baby Jesus and Church of the Nativity as it may have looked 700 years after his birth