Winter storm batters Mideast

Palestinians help a man on their donkey cart to make their way in flooded water in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 9, 2013. In Gaza, civil defense spokesman Mohammed al-Haj Yousef said storms have cut electricity powering thousands of homes and rescuers were sent to evacuate dozens of people.

A Palestinian carries empty containers to a fuel station in preparation for in the southern West Bank village of Halhoul, Jan. 9, 2013. A Palestinian official says the fiercest storm to hit the area in a decade has claimed the lives of two West Bank women who drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood unleashed by torrential rains.

Palestinians drive on the main beach road along the Mediterranean sea on a winter day in Gaza City, Jan. 8, 2013.

A Palestinian girl plays in the snow in the West Bank city of Hebron, Jan. 10, 2013. Stormy weather conditions across the region continued on Thursday with snow, torrential rains and strong winds.

Snow falls as an ultra-orthodox Jewish man holds an umbrella to protect another man, not seen, while praying in the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

A Palestinian security officer adds finishing touches on a snowman decorated with a Palestinian flag in the West Bank city of Hebron, Jan. 10, 2013.

Snow falls as a group of ultra-orthodox Jews pose for a snapshot next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

The hat of an ultra-orthodox Jewish man is filled with snow flakes in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

Residences clean mud next to a pile of cars after a flood by torrential rains that hit the village of Bat Hefer, central Israel, Jan. 9, 2013. About 200 homes were flooded and tens of cars were damaged by the flood.

A doll covered with mud lies on the floor after a flood from torrential rain hit the village of Bat Hefer, central Israel, Jan. 9, 2013.

Snow falls a an ultra-orthodox Jewish man prays at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

A man walks through tombs covered by snow on the Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, Jan. 10, 2013.

An Ultra orthodox Jewish man looks at a rainbow over the Mediterranean sea in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 9, 2013.

A Muslim man prays in the snow in front of the Dome of the Rock inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

People play in the snow in front of the Dome of the Rock inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

A Palestinian rescue worker helps a boy cross a flooded street in Rafah southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 9, 2013. In Gaza, civil defense spokesman Mohammed al-Haj Yousef said storms have cut electricity powering thousands of homes and rescuers were sent to evacuate dozens of people.

Palestinians cross a road flooded and swept away by heavy rains in the northern West Bank village of Kabatyeh, Jan. 9, 2013. A Palestinian official says the fiercest storm to hit the area in a decade has claimed the lives of two West Bank women who drowned after their car was caught in a flash flood unleashed by torrential rains.

Snow falls as an ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 10, 2013.

A view of the flooded Ayalon freeway in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 8, 2013. Flooded roads brought chaos to the city after stormy weather, including high winds and heavy rainfall, lashed Israel and the Palestinian territories, downing power-lines and trees.

Palestinians enjoy a snowball fight in the southern West Bank village of Halhoul, Jan. 9, 2013.

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