Ramallah: The Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, Card. Pierbattista Pizzaballa presided over midnight Mass at St. Catherine’s Church, at the Grotto of the Nativity, in Bethlehem.
The mass was attended by: Chairman of the Higher Presidential Committee to Follow up the Affairs of Churches in Palestine Ramzi Khoury representing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Mayor of Bethlehem Hanna Hanania, ambassadors of Jordan, Egypt, Canada, Japan and the Netherlands, Arab member of the Knesset Ayman Odeh, a number of consuls of foreign countries, and a number of Italian mayors.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Nabatieh – National News Agency correspondent reported that an Israeli drone carried out an air strike around 6:30 p.m. today, raiding a forest area outside the town of Malikh in the Jabal al-Rayhan area, firing a guided missile.
Also, at approximately 7:00 in the evening, the outskirts of the town of Aita al-Shaab and the vicinity of al-Raheb site were exposed to intermittent artillery shelling coming from enemy positions inside occupied Palestine.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon