US EditionImpact in Jerusalem Old City After Iran Missile Warning
Missile blast near Jerusalem's holy sites caused minor injuries and scattered shrapnel, marking escalation in Iran's response to US-Israel bombing campaign since Feb 28.
- On Friday , a blast left a crater inside Jerusalem's Old City, with AFP journalists seeing damage a few hundred metres from Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
- Amid a wider exchange that began on Feb 28, Iran has been firing barrages of missiles at Israel, and air-raid sirens sounded repeatedly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Friday.
- Witnesses reported an object falling before a loud bang and white smoke, and emergency services evacuated one person with minor injuries, local resident Devorah Abramson, 48, said debris was blown across a football pitch.
- Israel's foreign ministry called the incident an 'attack on the holy sites' and an 'Iranian gift' for Eid al-Fitr, while the Israeli military wrote on X that the Old City near the Temple Mount was hit by Iranian missile fragments.
- Old City police commander Dvir Tamim said a bomb squad is checking the impact after Israeli police reported the warhead contained dozens of kilogrammes of explosives.
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KULR-TVIran missile shards hit near Jerusalem holy sites, Temple Mount; IDF: Iran missiles could reach Europe
Iranian missile shards have hit near holy sites in Jerusalem — including the Temple Mount, Western Wall and Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Explosion in Jerusalem following Iranian missile alert causes crater near holy sites, debris on road and one person slightly injured
A fragment of an Iranian missile struck this Friday afternoon (Argentina time) near the Old City of Jerusalem. Surprising videos that went viral on social networks show the explosion near the wall and sacred sites, which were closed until further notice. The missile fragment was part of the Tehran offensive after Israel launched new bombings against Iran. Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured that the regime is “on the verge of bein…
Jerusalem, Undefined. An explosion opened a crater on a hillside of the Old City of Jerusalem this Friday, near the wall and sacred places, spreading debris along a road.A few after an Iranian missile alert, two explosions were heard in Jerusalem, followed by a strong impact on the ground.Inside the Ottoman walls, the projectile fell in the Jewish quarter, just a few hundred meters from the Explanada of the Mosques and the Mosque of Al Aqsa, the…
The point of impact is very close to the Wailing Wall and the Al-Aqsa mosque. The Israeli Foreign Ministry denounces the attack on holy places to all three religions, which reveals the madness of the Iranian regime professing to be religious.
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