WATCH ABOVE: Jerusalem looks like post card after heavy snowfall
JERUSALEM – A heavy snowstorm has shut down roads leading in and out of Jerusalem and blanketed Israel’s desert with a rare layer of white.
Snow also landed Friday in parts of the West Bank as a cold front swept through the Middle East. In Gaza, heavy rains that started on Thursday have been forecast for the rest of the week.
Jerusalem municipality spokeswoman Brachie Sprung says 25 centimetres (10 inches) have already been dumped on the city, with 10 centimetres (4 inches) more expected later in the day.
Desert towns of Beersheba, Dimona and Yerucham were sprinkled with white and residents of Arad proudly showed off a snowman.
Snow has also been falling since Thursday in Lebanon and on Friday, it paralyzed most streets in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
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