An Iranian missile hit Jerusalem, landing just a few hundred metres from the Al-Aqsa Mosque, on Eid al-Fitr. Israel on Saturday confirmed that the missile struck close to some of the world’s holiest sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews.
“An Iranian missile struck Jerusalem during Eid al-Fitr, a few hundred meters from the holiest sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews. This is the true face of the Mullahs’ so-called ‘religious’ regime,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry posted on X.
On March 16, Shrapnel from ballistic missiles fired by Iran and debris from the Israeli interceptors that shot them down fell on Monday around Jerusalem’s walled Old City and some of its most sacred Christian, Muslim and Jewish sites, Israeli police said.
There were no casualties or major damage reported at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the nearby hilltop plateau known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa compound and to Jews as Temple Mount, a flashpoint site that is holy to both faiths.
Photos distributed by police showed three officers carrying what appeared to be a large metal ring-shaped part of a missile off a red-tiled roof adjacent to the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and burial and a popular pilgrimage site.
Another image showed a police cordon around a small area in the Al-Aqsa compound plaza which also houses the golden Dome of the Rock, with small fragments strewn on the floor.
