On any other Christmas Day, Palestinian Christians would have flocked from surrounding towns to enjoy the fairy lights and a festive market in the village of some 5,000 people.
But as the war rages in Gaza and violence also surges in the West Bank, the Christian community here is in no mood to celebrate Christmas on Monday.
This year its members are praying for peace and mourning the dead, worried too about violence even closer to home.
Early on Christmas Day, AFP journalists heard gunfire and sirens in nearby Jenin... Читать дальше...