Nazareth

Christians in Israel: Nazareth tops Israel’s Christian cities as Christmas arrives

Israel's 184,200 Christians mark Christmas as CBS data reveals a community with remarkable education rates and deep roots across Nazareth, Haifa, and Jerusalem.

People enjoy a Christmas festival at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, December 22, 2025.
People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

One in four Israeli Jews celebrate or consider celebrating Christmas - poll

Christmas in Nazareth

Christmas returns to Nazareth, marking a gradual revival of the city's Christian tourism

Assistant-Chief Meni Benjamin, head of Lahav 433 - The National Crime Unit, pictured on April 20, 2025.

Israel's Lahav 433 commander suspected of leaking information to suspects, police reveal


Free for kids, workshops, and holiday meals: This is what Christmas looks like in Nazareth

Ramada Olivia Nazareth Hotel offers December Christmas packages with tree lighting, belly dance shows, and workshops. From NIS 2,780 per couple for 2 nights, boosting Galilee holiday tourism.

Ramada Olivia Hotel.

One dead, six wounded in various crime-related shootings in Israel over the weekend

All of the incidents reportedly had criminal, rather than nationalistic or terroristic, motivations.

The scene of the crime in Jaffa, November 22, 2025.

WATCH: Israeli security forces prevent terror attack, arrest two in Ramallah

Israeli security forces arrested two individuals suspected of planning a terror attack near Ramallah.

 IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank.

Israeli security forces arrest 42 Gazans in Nazareth, northern Israel

Israeli security forces arrested 42 illegal Palestinian residents in Nazareth overnight, Israel Police said on Tuesday morning.

Fourty two illegal residents arrested in Nazarath on August 12, 2025

Israeli family indicted for attacking security guards after being denied entry to hospital

The police received the initial report on June 30 about a brawl in the emergency room. Two security guards were injured by the suspects who fled the scene.

 Israel Police (illustrative)

Fire breaks out at Mount Precipice in Nazareth

Seven firefighting teams, as well as four firefighting aircraft from the “Elad” firefighting squadron, are working to extinguish the flames.

 Four firefighting aircraft from the “Elad” squadron joined the firefighting efforts

Protesters break into Greek Orthodox Church in Nazareth, remove outer gate - report

The "Soldiers of God" broke into the church to protest the Islamic State terror attack at Mar Elias Church in Damascus, the group reportedly claimed.

 A broken gate at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, June 29, 2025.

Police set to file indictment against suspect in Nazareth Health Ministry bombing

Kalibat, who was suspected of positioning the explosive device on the premises and detonating it via a remote control fled the country in March of 2022.

View of the Health Ministry offices in the aftermath of the bombing in 2021.

Ramada Olivié Nazareth embraces the holiday spirit

This year’s festivities hold special significance, coinciding with a recent Israel-Lebanon ceasefire that has brought a renewed sense of hope and unity to the city’s Christian community.

 THE RAMADA Olivié Hotel in Nazareth.

Suspect in 2021 bombing of Nazareth Health Ministry office brought to Israel

An indictment filed against Kalibat charged him with positioning an explosive device in the vicinity of the Health Ministry's office in Nazareth, subsequently detonating it via a remote control.

View of the Health Ministry offices in the aftermath of the bombing in 2021.

Debris and fragments cause damage in North following Hezbollah rocket barrages

Magen David Adom announced that a 58-year-old woman was reported to have been lightly wounded by shrapnel, and a 61 year old man was seriously wounded.

 Rocket shrapnel in the north on Tuesday 24 September 2024