A Palestinian man releases soap bubbles at a market as Palestinians prepare for the upcoming holiday of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 19, 2020. Picture taken May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
BETHLEHEM, West Bank/GAZA (Reuters) - Bethlehem is struggling back to life just in time for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, nearly three months after it became the first town in the West Bank to be sealed off because of a coronavirus outbreak.
Although the Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, remains shut, shops are displaying new clothes and sweets to lure customers after 75 days of closures.
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