BETHLEHEM/JERUSALEM ¨C Early this month, the main square and streets around Bethlehem¡¯s Church of the Nativity were bustling with tourists.
Now they are empty after a devastating attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Israel on Oct. 7.
¡°Business is at a standstill since the war started,¡± said Essa Abu Dawoud, a tour guide in the Palestinian city. ¡°The roads were cut off, no one is coming.¡±
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