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When in Israel, make a snowman ...

The country saw a flurry of white stuff, blanketing the north and bringing many out to play.

Snow in Northern Israel
Snow in Hermonit, El-Rom, in the northern Golan Heights, on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

The first snow of the season fell in the Jewish state six weeks after the calendar turned to 2025.

While it didn’t amount to more than a few inches, it made for picture-perfect scenes in the north, which for 16 months saw rockets and missiles fall from the sky, launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon, before a 60-day ceasefire put into place in late November quieted life down.

Snow in Northern Israel
Enjoying the snow in Kibbutz El Rom, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Snow in Northern Israel
Enjoying the snow in Kibbutz El Rom, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Snow in Northern Israel
Snow falls in the Golan Heights in northern Israel on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Snow in Northern Israel
Snow falls in Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel, on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Snow in Northern Israel
Snow falls in Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel, on Feb. 6, 2025, Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Snow in Northern Israel
Snow falls in Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel, on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Snow in Northern Israel
Snow falls in Majdal Shams, in the Golan Heights in northern Israel, on Feb. 6, 2025. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

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