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Missile shrapnel falls in Jerusalem’s Old City holy sites, police say

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JERUSALEM, March 16 (Reuters) - ‌Shrapnel from ballistic missiles fired by ​Iran and debris from the Israeli interceptors that shot ⁠them down fell on Monday around Jerusalem's walled Old City and some of its most sacred ​Christian, Muslim and Jewish sites, Israeli police said.

There were no ‌casualties or major damage reported at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the nearby hilltop plateau ⁠known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa compound ⁠and to Jews as Temple Mount, a flashpoint site that is holy to both faiths.

Photos distributed by police showed three officers carrying what appeared ‌to be a large metal ring-shaped part of a ⁠missile off a red-tiled roof ‌adjacent to the Holy Sepulchre, ​the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion and burial and a popular pilgrimage site.

Another image showed a ‌police cordon around a small area ​in the Al-Aqsa ⁠compound plaza which also houses the golden ‌Dome of the Rock, ⁠with small fragments strewn on the floor.

"Jerusalem District police, bomb disposal teams, and Border Police units have ​secured the sites ‌and are currently working to eliminate any remaining risk ⁠to the public," police ​said in a statement.

(Reporting by Maayan Lubell; ​Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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