The warhead of an Iranian missile hit a site just several dozen meters from the Old City of Jerusalem, and just several hundred meters from the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, during the course of Saturday, the police state.
According to police, an explosion was heard in the area yesterday, shortly after the beginning of the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and smoke was seen rising from the site, just west of the Old City of Jerusalem.
The impact site appears to have been the Sultan’s Pool outdoor events venue, which lies just a few dozen meters to the west of the Old City and just under a kilometer west of the Temple Mount, as the crow flies.
Police and sappers conducted searches of the area and found a warhead from an Iranian ballistic missile, and also discovered “incendiary and explosive materials” scattered nearby.
From footage sent by the police, it appears that the missile did not strike the site directly and may instead have been intercepted, with its fragments falling to earth.
The police did not immediately respond to questions regarding the nature of the impact.
The warhead was “neutralized” by sappers from the police’s Jerusalem District.
The Old City of Jerusalem includes some of the most important holy sites in the world, including the Western Wall and the Temple Mount, the holiest Jewish places in the world; as well as the Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest sites in Islam; and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by Christians to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus.
“Yesterday we received further proof that from the enemy’s perspective, all targets are legitimate, and if that warhead had deviated by a few hundred meters, it is very possible that a very serious hit would have occurred, especially if one of the holy places had been hit while it was full of worshipers and visitors,” says police commander Dvir Tamir.
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