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A woman holding a dog slides down a snow-covered slope following a snowstorm in Jerusalem, on Feb. 18, 2021.
A woman holding a dog slides down a snow-covered slope following a snowstorm in Jerusalem, on Feb. 18, 2021. Photo: MENAHEM KAHANA (Getty Images)

Palestine and Israel also saw snow fall. The occupied city of Jerusalem saw its first snow in six years, in some places accumulating up to 10 inches (25 centimeters). It was the city’s coldest night of the year.

Excited by the rare occurrence, people of all kinds went out to enjoy the rare occurrence. But on Thursday, Israeli police ran into the courtyard of the Dome of the Rock inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and opened fire on three Palestinan kids who were playing in the snow. According to the Palestinian Chronicle, they then detained one kid for the crime of…throwing snowballs at the cops and Jewish settlers.