Missile Fragment Hits Jerusalem’s Old City 

IFCJ Canada  |  March 26, 2026

Last Friday, Iranian rocket barrages struck central Israel, damaging homes and injuring residents. While many rockets were intercepted, falling fragments still pose a serious threat. The Times of Israel reports that debris from an intercepted missile fell in Jerusalem’s Old City, causing damage near one of the city’s most sacred areas.  

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. 

With holy sites affected during sacred times – and with Passover approaching – we pray for the light of God’s protection  and for shalom, peace, to cover the people of Israel during these holy days.