BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories: Religious leaders struck a somber note on Christmas speaking of war, fear and division, as cities in Europe ramped up security in the shadow of the Berlin market attack.

In Bethlehem, some 2,500 worshippers packed the Church of the Nativity complex, built over the grotto where Christians believe Jesus was born, for midnight Mass in the Israeli-occupied West Bank near Jerusalem.

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