Jerusalem area courts will be closed on Wednesday due to the weather in the capital city.  The city was covered in a thin layer of snow overnight, and snow continued to fall on Wednesday morning.  Universities will be closed as well, and bus service on many routes has been cancelled or delayed.

A police cruiser overturned early on Wednesday morning in Jerusalem due to poor conditions on the roads.  A teenaged girl was lightly wounded in the accident, and was taken to the Hadassah hospital on Mount Scopus.