Snowfall in the West Bank city of Ramallah as a storm strikes the Mideast.<br/> <br />Streets are blanketed in snow with residents doing what they can to make their way around the city.<br/> <br />Northern Israel is covered in white in the first blizzard of the year.<br/> <br />Roads are empty.<br/> <br />School has been canceled for many children -- offering a rare treat.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) KFAR VRADIM RESIDENT, RONIT, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We woke up to a white morning. It's a lot of fun, vacation, no school which is great fun, right? We are enjoying ourselves."<br/> <br />In central Israel a woman is knocked over by strong winds.<br/> <br />In Jerusalem residents make their way through the streets with more bad weather in the forecast.<br/> <br />Waves crash along the Gaza Strip port as wind and rain ravage Gaza city.<br/> <br />The approaching storm threatens to deepen the misery in the Gaza Strip -- already marked by a 50-day war with Israel last summer.<br/> <br />Thousands live in U.N. shelters and damaged homes.<br/> <br />(S
