In the walled Old City district of Jerusalem these days - the sounds of Hanukkah celebrations. This after the atrocities of the October 7 Hamas attack and despite the ongoing war in Gaza.

A fraction of the usual crowd. Jason Fields He'd made a few trips to the Old City since Oct. 7, he said, but not many. For him, it's a place of work more than a place of worship.

The white dome of the restored Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem, as seen on June 3, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel) ...

A view of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, a usually busy area that's become quiet amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas, in a photo taken Oct. 15, 2023.

Knesset lawmakers slam the police over the closure of the Old City of Jerusalem to nonresidents during a hearing in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. Following the outbreak of ...

Visitors in the Old City of Jerusalem hoping to spend time at the Western Wall--adjacent to Judaism's most sacred site, the Temple Mount--must either descend 142 steps from the Jewish Quarter or ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — One of the oldest communities in Jerusalem, the Armenians have lived in the Old City for decades without significant friction with their neighbors, centered around a convent ...

I'm Mary Louise Kelly in Jerusalem, specifically right underneath the New Gate. This is one of the eight gates of the Old City wall. It provides direct access to the Christian Quarter, one of the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — As the war in Gaza rages, Syria’s government transforms, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank seethes, Armenian residents of the Old City of Jerusalem fight a different battle ...