Fragments of an Iranian missile They hit this Friday in the Jewish quarter of the Old City, in occupied East Jerusalem. Despite the strong explosion no casualties were reportedas confirmed by the Israeli Police.
The shrapnel fell just over 400 meters from the Western Wall and the Esplanade of the Mosquessacred places for Judaism and Islam, respectively.
Images spread on social networks captured the moment when a column of smoke came out of the Old City.
Israeli security personnel at the site where fragments of an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile hit the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem this Friday.
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According to what the Israeli Army told the newspaper The Times of Israel, The Iranian missile, which was part of the seventh wave of attacks launched by Tehran this Friday, was intercepted and the fragments fell causing damage in a parking lot in the Jewish neighborhood.
It is about the second impact that has been registered in the Old City since the beginning of the war after on Monday fragments of another missile intercepted by the Israeli defense fell on a roof of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, a few meters from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher without causing any victims.
One of the ballistic missiles launched by Iran towards Jerusalem, the capital of Israel (and which they say is a sacred city for Islam) fell a few meters from the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, one of the most important places in Christianity. pic.twitter.com/XVN5THz1KU
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The Old City, located in occupied East Jerusalem, escaped attacks during the previous twelve-day war of Israel against Iran last June, when cities on the outskirts of Tel Aviv and the southern Beersheba suffered the main damage.
According to data from then, in the west of Jerusalem – with a Jewish majority – there are 550 shelters (public and private) compared to only 51 in the east; area where approximately 40% of the Palestinian population resides.
In addition, the city’s 186 public shelters are located in the west, while in the east there are none, except for those located in some schools.
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