Jerusalem police evacuating Old City after rocket fire

Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent.

Jerusalem Police say they have begun evacuating people from the Old City of Jerusalem in light of the rocket attack at the capital from Gaza.

“Police forces at the Western Wall have begun to evacuate those in the area to safer locations,” the police say.

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