Palestinians launched fireworks Sunday night at the homes of Jewish residents on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The locals claimed the fireworks were fired towards Sukkot erected for the holiday in the neighborhood.
There were no casualties and no damages were caused by the incident. A Border Guard force was deployed to the scene and responded with crowd dispersal measures until the hostilities ended.
- Jerusalem Police did not arrest any suspects in connection with the fireworks.
Fireworks launched at Mount of Olives homes
A local resident told Ynet: "We were sitting in the Sukkah with the family, when we suddenly heard loud explosions. We were alarmed, left the Sukkah, and saw fireworks being launched from Arab homes directly on homes in the Jewish neighborhood."
She added: "For three or four minutes they fired more and more fireworks. Some reached the balconies with the Sukkahs in them."
Fireworks launched at Jewish homes in Jerusalem
The neighborhood has seen its share of rock hurling incidents in recent weeks.
The Jerusalem Light Rail came under a hail of stones in five separate attacks Saturday evening. All of the incidents took place in East Jerusalem, near the village of Shuafat, highlighting the perils the rapid transit system faces in the Palestinian parts of the city.
In four of the attacks, the windows of the trains were damaged. No one was wounded and the police or security forces have yet to make an arrest.
According to data by the Light Rail, since riots broke out in July in wake of a string of violent incidents in the West Bank between Israelis and Palestinians, which included the kidnap murder of three Israeli teens and the murder of a Palestinian boy in retribution by Jewish extremists, over 100 cases of attacks on the train have been reported.
According to the data, the majority of the attacks are at night, sometimes up to three an hour. In some cases, the cars’ windows are shattered, forcing the rail to take it temporarily out of use. The damage caused by these attacks during the past two months is estimated by the company at roughly half a million NIS.