Rare snowfall in West Asia

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Updated On Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. (AP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city. (AP photo)

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A man cleans snow from a car following a snowstorm in the Jordanian capital Amman on February 20, 2015. Blizzards dumped a blanket of snow over Israel, Jordan and Lebanon, with many residents urged to stay in their homes because of blocked or icy roads. (AFP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

A man cleans snow from a car following a snowstorm in the Jordanian capital Amman on February 20, 2015. Blizzards dumped a blanket of snow over Israel, Jordan and Lebanon, with many residents urged to stay in their homes because of blocked or icy roads. (AFP photo)

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Members of a Palestinian family warm themselves by a fire at the remains of their house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, on a winter day east of Gaza City. (Reuters)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

Members of a Palestinian family warm themselves by a fire at the remains of their house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, on a winter day east of Gaza City. (Reuters)

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A general view shows the snow-covered West Bank city of Ramallah. Snow blanketed much of Israel, Jordan and Lebanon early Friday, with many residents urged to stay in their homes because of blocked or icy roads. (AFP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

A general view shows the snow-covered West Bank city of Ramallah. Snow blanketed much of Israel, Jordan and Lebanon early Friday, with many residents urged to stay in their homes because of blocked or icy roads. (AFP photo)

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Jordanian children make a snowman in the Jordanian capital Amman. Blizzards dumped a blanket of snow over Israel, Jordan and Lebanon, with many residents urged to stay in their homes because of blocked or icy roads. (AFP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

Jordanian children make a snowman in the Jordanian capital Amman. Blizzards dumped a blanket of snow over Israel, Jordan and Lebanon, with many residents urged to stay in their homes because of blocked or icy roads. (AFP photo)

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A Palestinian protester holding a Palestinian flag shouts anti-Israel slogans as snow scatters by a sound grenade thrown by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the closure of Shuhada street to Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Hebron. (Reuters)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

A Palestinian protester holding a Palestinian flag shouts anti-Israel slogans as snow scatters by a sound grenade thrown by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against the closure of Shuhada street to Palestinians, in the West Bank city of Hebron. (Reuters)

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Israeli policemen play in the snow near palm trees outside Jerusalem's old cit. People in Jerusalem woke up to around 25 centimetres of snow after the second major blizzard of winter swept across the hilltop Holy City. (AFP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

Israeli policemen play in the snow near palm trees outside Jerusalem's old cit. People in Jerusalem woke up to around 25 centimetres of snow after the second major blizzard of winter swept across the hilltop Holy City. (AFP photo)

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A Palestinian woman poses next to a snow man in Tapuah junction in the northern West Bank, near the Palestinian city of Nablus. (AP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

A Palestinian woman poses next to a snow man in Tapuah junction in the northern West Bank, near the Palestinian city of Nablus. (AP photo)

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Palestinians throw snowballs in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. A heavy winter storm descended on parts of the Middle East on Friday, with snow forcing the closure of all roads leading in and out of Jerusalem and sprinkling Israel's desert with a rare layer of white. (AP photo)

Updated on Feb 21, 2015 07:22 am IST

Palestinians throw snowballs in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. A heavy winter storm descended on parts of the Middle East on Friday, with snow forcing the closure of all roads leading in and out of Jerusalem and sprinkling Israel's desert with a rare layer of white. (AP photo)

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