WATCH: ‘UNHOLY SMOKE’ — Iranian Missile Fragments Land Near Temple Mount, Western Wall in Jerusalem

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs seized on the symbolism of the moment, declaring on X: “The Iranian ‘gift’ for Eid al-Fitr: Missiles on Al-Aqsa.” The ministry added that the attack near holy sites “sacred to all three religions reveals the madness of the Iranian regime, which claims to be religious.” Earlier this week, on Monday, an Iranian missile exploded over Jerusalem, scattering debris across the Old City near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Armenian Patriarchate, the Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall, and the Temple Mount near Al-Aqsa Mosque. American-Israeli evangelical Christian and best-selling author Joel Rosenberg, responding to Friday’s strike, wrote that the “wicked Iranian regime is attacking holy sites in Israel,” noting that earlier in the week Iran had “tried to destroy the Church of the Holy Sepulchre” and had now struck near both the Western Wall and Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Author: Joshua Klein

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