This morning, Iranian rocket barrages struck central Israel. Homes have been damaged or nearly destroyed, and residents have been injured. The IDF’s ballistic interception system has successfully intercepted most of the incoming rockets; however, even when neutralized, falling fragments still pose a serious threat. The Times of Israel reports that such fragments fell and damaged a section of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Fragments from one intercepted missile impacted in Jerusalem’s Old City, causing damage to a parking lot in the Jewish Quarter — around 400 meters from the Western Wall and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount.
Israel Police officers soon after inspected a public playground, just below the site where debris from the intercepted Iranian missile careened onto the walled city’s southern flank, for further fragments.
The impact was just above Dung Gate, one of seven functional entrances into the Old City, and came shortly before the start of Shabbat, disrupting residents’ preparations with a loud bang.
Israel’s enemies select significant targets and times to strike against the Jewish people. With one of Israel’s most holy sites being attacked before the Sabbath – and with Passover on the way – we pray for the light of God’s protection and shalom, peace, during these sacred times.
