File talk:1948-Jordanian artillery shelling Jerusalem.jpg

Questioning caption

If the white section in the centre of this picture is the walls of the old city it would appear that the shells/rockets are falling into the city. Which would suggest it was not the Jordanians since they would be unlikely to be shelling there own positions. If the picture is taken from the north or west the source of the firing would be Israeli positions. It cannot be from the south or east because there were no buildings as seen in the foreground. Am I wrong? Padres Hana (talk) 18:30, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Looking again: if it was from the north the rockets (?) on the left would be from Jordanian held territory (Sheikh Jarrah) and the fire from the right from Israeli positions. Which seems unlikely. I think its a view of the city wall beside the Jaffa Gate, with the King David Hotel visible on the right with the top of the tower of David beyond. i.e it is a picture of one of the Israeli bombardments of the Old City of which there were several. I would guess it is one which occured as the United Nations were seeking to impose the second truce.Padres Hana (talk) 18:38, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

It's not even artillery, the scale and trajectory don't match any artillery weapon. I think it's a series of illumination rounds fired into the air from a mortar, shot with a long (minutes) exposure. 174.138.207.21 (talk) 09:16, 7 July 2013 (UTC)