Jerusalem's holy sites and West Bank carpeted in rare snow

Children build a snowman in front of the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount during a snowy morning in Jerusalem's Old City, January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A rare heavy snowfall covered Jerusalem, some of northern Israel and hilly areas in the occupied West Bank overnight into Thursday, shutting down roads and schools.

Worshippers had to trudge through inches of snow to reach the holy sites in Jerusalem's walled Old City, including the snow-capped Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall.