Israel Police Say Shrapnel from Missiles, Interceptors Fell in Jerusalem Holy Sites

 A drone view shows part of an Iranian missile that landed on a building's roof, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in East Jerusalem March 16, 2026. (Reuters)
A drone view shows part of an Iranian missile that landed on a building's roof, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in East Jerusalem March 16, 2026. (Reuters)
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Israel Police Say Shrapnel from Missiles, Interceptors Fell in Jerusalem Holy Sites

 A drone view shows part of an Iranian missile that landed on a building's roof, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in East Jerusalem March 16, 2026. (Reuters)
A drone view shows part of an Iranian missile that landed on a building's roof, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in East Jerusalem March 16, 2026. (Reuters)

Israeli police said they found missile and interceptor fragments at holy sites in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday, including areas near the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

"During the recent missile salvo fired from Iran toward Jerusalem, several intercepts occurred over the city," the police said.

Following the interceptions, police located "fragments of missiles and interceptor debris, some of significant size, at multiple sites in the Old City, including the Temple Mount complex, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher complex, and the Jewish Quarter", they added.

The force shared photos showing debris on a roof near the Holy Sepulcher church, a cordon set up in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the smashed windscreen of a car.

"This incident underscores that the enemy does not distinguish between religions or places of worship -- synagogues, mosques, or churches," the police statement said.

The Old City is located in east Jerusalem, which Israel occupied in 1967 and later annexed in a move that is not internationally recognized.

It houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site; the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, where Christians hold that Christ was crucified, entombed and resurrected; and the Western Wall, considered the holiest site where Jews are allowed to pray.

AFP journalists also saw missile debris that had hit the roof of a residential building in east Jerusalem.

A cylinder about one meter in diameter and several meters long protruded from the tiled roof of the three-story building as first responders inspected the damage.

No injuries or deaths were reported in Jerusalem.



US Deports Iranian Pro-democracy Activist to Central African Republic

A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola Purchase Licensing Rights
A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola Purchase Licensing Rights
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US Deports Iranian Pro-democracy Activist to Central African Republic

A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola Purchase Licensing Rights
A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola Purchase Licensing Rights

The United States has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said on Friday, describing it as a "super dangerous" transfer to a country with which the activist has no connection.

The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund (IALDF) said on Thursday that three Iranian women who fled persecution were at risk of deportation, including one who had converted to Christianity.

In the end, only the activist was on the flight which took off from Louisiana on Thursday night, said her lawyer, Emily Trostle, while not ruling out that the others could potentially be deported later.

The plane landed in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, shortly before 10 p.m. local time (2100 GMT), after a stop in Ghana's capital Accra, according to the ICE Flight Monitor managed by ‌Human Rights First.

It ‌was not immediately clear where the deportees would be housed or how long ‌they ⁠would be able ⁠to stay in Central African Republic.

"They have absolutely no connection to this place. In all of my filings I submitted tons of information about how this was super dangerous," Trostle told Reuters.


Ukrainian Strike Kills One, Wounds 3 in Southern Russia

In this handout photograph taken and released by the press service of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on June 11, 2026, Ukrainian servicemen attend a military training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Andriy Andriyenko / 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)
In this handout photograph taken and released by the press service of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on June 11, 2026, Ukrainian servicemen attend a military training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Andriy Andriyenko / 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)
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Ukrainian Strike Kills One, Wounds 3 in Southern Russia

In this handout photograph taken and released by the press service of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on June 11, 2026, Ukrainian servicemen attend a military training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Andriy Andriyenko / 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)
In this handout photograph taken and released by the press service of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces on June 11, 2026, Ukrainian servicemen attend a military training at an undisclosed location in Zaporizhzhia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Andriy Andriyenko / 65th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces / AFP)

A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and wounded at least three others in southern Russia, a regional official said Saturday, with nearly 100 people fighting to extinguish a fire caused by the strike.

The attack damaged port installations in the Temryuk district on the Sea of Azov, near the Kerch Strait separating mainland Russia from the Crimean peninsula, which has been occupied by Moscow since 2014.

"As a result of falling drone debris, a fire broke out at a maritime terminal... one person was killed," Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev posted on Telegram.

He added that at least three people were wounded, according to first reports, and that 96 people had been drafted to fight the blaze.

The Russian army said it had shot down a total of 177 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of attacks within Russia in recent months, claiming fair retaliation for Moscow's own massive bombardments across the more than four-year-long conflict.

Kyiv insists that the Ukrainian army first and foremost targets military installations and energy infrastructure, in a bid to deprive the Kremlin's war chest of vital fossil fuel revenues.


US Military Helping Move 7 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day Out of the Gulf

Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
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US Military Helping Move 7 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day Out of the Gulf

Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)
Residents swim and play in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz while cargo ships and commercial vessels lie anchored in the distance off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 10, 2026.(Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP)

Roughly 7 million barrels a day of oil are getting out of the Gulf with US military help, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday at an event in Houston.

That is about half of the flow of oil that has been stuck in the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Israeli war ‌with Iran ‌began, Wright said.

"We have a military ‌effort ⁠that we've not ⁠talked a lot about, which started more recently to get cargoes out," Wright said.

No Iranian crude is getting out of the Strait, Wright said at a Bloomberg Energy event, adding that he expects to see the free ⁠flow of all products through the ‌Gulf if ‌a deal is reached. And if no deal is ‌reached, he said the US military will work ‌to restore the flow.

The flow of 7 million bpd is a bigger number than the oil industry was expecting, said Dan Pickering, chief ‌investment officer at Pickering Energy Partners.

Oil prices, currently in the $88 range, indicate ⁠that investors had ⁠assumed only about 3 million to 4 million barrels of oil were flowing through the Strait, Rebecca Babin, CIBC Private Wealth senior energy trader, said at the event.

Wright said that some sanctions on Iran could be partially lifted if a deal is made.

A US gasoline tax holiday over the summer was a possibility that could help reduce prices, Wright said.