In pictures: Children play in the streets as rare snowfall hits Palestine
Children kick snow by al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, 27 January 2022. (Reuters/Ammar Awad)
In Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian children play in the rare snowfall. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
Israel's meteorological service reported that between 15 and 25 centimetres (six to 10 inches) of snow had fallen overnight in Ramallah. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)
In Hebron, some Palestinians used the snowy streets to practise bike tricks. (Reuters/Mussa Qawasma)
A Palestinian vendor arranges his snow-covered pomelos after overnight snowfall in Hebron, on 27 January. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
The snowfall covered higher parts of the occupied West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority closed schools and some public services in Hebron (AFP/Hazem Bader)
Families took the chance to take pictures in a snow-covered street in Hebron. (AFP/Hazem Bader)
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