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Judea and Samaria Area / Palestinian territories

Judea and Samaria Area is the Israeli government term for the administrative district encompassing Israeli-occupied West Bank excluding East Jerusalem. It is for some statistical purposes grouped together by Israeli authorities with the Districts of Israel, although the international community considers the West Bank to be a territory held by Israel under military occupation.

Church of Saint Catherine, Bethlehem

Judea and Samaria Area / Palestinian territories

The Church of Saint Catherine or Chapel of Saint Catherine is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located adjacent to the northern part of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank in the Palestinian territories. It works as a parish church and Franciscan monastery. There is a complex of caves underneath the church.Is administered by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, follows the Roman Rite, and is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2012 as part of the "Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route in Bethlehem".