An Iranian missile blew a crater in Jerusalem’s historic Old City near the Western Wall and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

The projectile smashed into a hillside just inside the fortified walls of the ancient city, leaving debris strewn across the streets a few hundred metres from the religious sites.

Israeli officials said that the impact was caused by an Iranian missile, not a fragment from an interceptor.

“The Iranian attack on the holy sites sacred to all three religions reveals the madness of the Iranian regime, which claims to be religious,” Israel’s foreign ministry wrote on X, calling it an “Iranian gift” for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.

A later statement from the Israeli police said that the “warhead that fell… contained dozens of kilogrammes of explosives”.

Air raid sirens rang out repeatedly across Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Friday. At least two people were injured near Tel Aviv.

Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile fragment hitting the old city of Jerusalem, falling roughly 400 yards from the Western Wall and Al-Aqsa. pic.twitter.com/QVirVlM6Df

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 20, 2026

Destroy Al-Aqsa and blame Iran, that is what this Israeli Rabbi is saying. He goes on to say that blowing up the Al-Aqsa mosque should be done during war with Iran and that will give Israel the opportunity to rebuild the Third Temple over Al-Aqsa. Problem: Third Temple is a myth. pic.twitter.com/UsUMCMNAQU

— Somali Institute of Chinese Studies (@Somali_ICS) March 2, 2026