(Times of Israel) A rare winter storm dumped several centimeters of snow on Jerusalem Thursday, setting a December record and shutting down the city. Police and Israel Defense Forces crews worked throughout the night and into the morning to rescue around 2,000 people stranded in cars and buses on the roads leading into Jerusalem. Elsewhere in Israel there were several incidents of people caught in flash floods that swept their cars away.
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