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An old worshiper was called on Monday when a 100kg stone fell from the west wall of Jerusalem and crashed at his feet.
The authority of Israeli antiquities has stated that masonry has been dislodged by vegetation or moisture. in the biblical wall, the most sacred place where Jews are allowed to pray.
"I did not hear or smell anything until it landed at my feet," said Daniella Goldberg, a 79-year-old Jerusalem resident.
A security camera captured the moment on the site, venerated by the Jews as a remnant of the Second Temple enclosure destroyed by the Romans in AD 70
the most sites sacred, the Noble Sanctuary, where are located the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
The images showed that the stone fell from a height of about seven meters into an almost empty section of the wall. adjacent to its main square, where Jews traditionally heap prayers written in crevices.
Faithful gathered at the site a few days earlier for Tisha B'Av, a day of annual Jewish mourning that marks the destruction of the two biblical temples of Jerusalem
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"A great miracle occurred when a stone weighing about 100 kilos fell near the worshiper and did not hurt him," said Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. in a statement
. inspection. It is built near piles of rubble dating from the time of the Second Temple
The main esplanade of the western wall remained open
A study carried out in 2014 by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem showed the erosion of different kinds of limestone. form the Wailing Wall and that engineers are concerned about its stability.
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