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Winter Storm Elpis blanketed parts of Israel and the West Bank with a blanket of snow.
This made for rare pictures of white roofs over the old town with the Temple Mount.
Photo: Anadolu Agency / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews at the Wailing Wall: Several centimeters of snow fell in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.
Photo: Mahmoud Illean/AP
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Children build a snowman in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem: Unusually low temperatures prevailed in the region.
Schools were closed in parts of Israel.
Photo: AMMAR AWAD/ REUTERS
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands in the snow as he prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site for Jews to pray in Jerusalem's Old City.
Photo: Mahmoud Illean / dpa
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A couple takes a selfie with their dog in the snow.
Photo: Maya Alleruzzo/AP
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In East Jerusalem, people were enjoying the snow.
Photo: Mostafa Alkharouf / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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A man protects himself from the snow with a blue umbrella.
Blizzard Elpis has also hit parts of Greece.
Photo: ABIR SULTAN/EPA
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An image straight out of a movie: a man in a green robe is walking in the old city of Jerusalem.
Photo:
ABIR SULTAN / EPO
