“During the recent barrage of rockets fired from Iran towards Jerusalem, several intercepts occurred over the city, after which police located rocket fragments and debris from interceptors, some of them large in size, in several locations in the Old City,” Israeli police said. As she pointed out, however, no damage was reported.
Photos of rocket fragments appeared in the media, including: in the vicinity of the Jerusalem basilica, which is one of the most important Christian sanctuaries, and Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, which is one of the holiest places in Islam. In the immediate vicinity of the latter place there is also the Wailing Wall, which is the holiest place in Judaism.
Iran attack on Israel. Rocket debris fell in Jerusalem
Shrapnel also seriously damaged one residential house in the eastern part of Jerusalem, and also fell near the Israeli parliament building, the Knesset, and the national library, the Times of Israel website added.
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Since February 28, Israel and the United States have been bombing Iran, which in retaliation is attacking targets including: in Israel. The Israeli army reported last week that about 300 ballistic missiles were fired into the country, about half of which had cluster warheads with smaller payloads. Israel has advanced, multi-level air defense, but some Iranian missiles penetrated it, hitting, among others, into residential buildings and killing at least 12 people.
