Smoke was seen rising from an impact site by the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, after AFP journalists heard loud blasts following a warning of Iranian missiles. Israeli media showed footage of a crater in a road that is close to the Old City walls.
An AFP journalist said the site was by the Zion Gate -- a few hundred metres from holy sites of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Israeli police at the scene told AFP that the impact appeared to come from debris after a missile was intercepted rather than a direct strike.
A resident in a nearby district told AFP that they saw an object falling straight from the sky before hearing a loud bang and seeing white smoke rise into the air.
Israeli police said in a statement that they were working at the site to "deal with an explosive device that has been dropped in the city of Jerusalem."
They said one person was evacuated after receiving minor injuries in the blast.
Israel's foreign ministry accused Iran of an "attack on the holy sites" of Jerusalem.
"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.
