STORY: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa led the service in the town revered by Christians as Jesus' place of birth.With Israel's war in Gaza having killed more than 20,000 people, according to Palestinian health authorities, the mostly Palestinian population of Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank are in mourning.This year, they decided not to put up a large Christmas tree, the usual centrepiece of Bethlehem's Christmas celebrations, due to the violence and bloodshed taking place only 50km (30 miles) away, across the Gaza Strip.
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