JERUSALEM — Thousands of Christian faithful attended Palm Sunday celebrations at Jerusalem’s sacred Mount of Olives, marking the first day of Holy Week as conflict surges across the region.

which included retracing Christ’s steps to Jerusalem and meeting with other Christians on the Mount of Olives to pray on Palm Sunday. But the religious ceremony as most modern Christians would ...

Thousands of Christians celebrated Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, kicking off the first day of Holy Week while the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas persists in the region.