File:Qana idf video s.jpg

Summary[edit]

Series of screen captures from IDF aerial surveillance video showing rockets being fired from village of Qana, and the rocket launcher being hidden in residential area of the village.

Source: IDF. URL: http://www1.idf.il/SIP_STORAGE/DOVER/files/3/55363.wmv

A summary of the five pictures is included below:

1. General overview of Qana, looking north. Rocket launch site is in the south-west of the town.
2. Close-up, looking south. The white "fuzz" in the centre of the smaller circle is the flash of a rocket launch.
3. Close-up of a rocket launch in Qana. The rocket is being fired in a south-easterly direction. The labels in Hebrew read:
   1. "אזור השיגור" = launch site; and
   2. "בתי כפר קנא - מבט מצפון לדרום" = Houses of Qana (looking from North to South).
4. After the launch, the rocket launcher is driven back into the town and parked in a residential area.
5. Zoom-out of the white rocket-launcher being parked in a residential area.

Fair use rationale for Qana airstrike[edit]

The user may make "fair use" of the protected material as set out under the law. (Israel Defense Forces)

The image is provided by the Israeli Defense Forces, and was released by the IDF spokesperon. The IDF allows its images to be used under "fair-use". There are no alternative free images.

Additions and alterations to the images are direct translations of the Hebrew text only.

Non-free content criteria

1. No free equivalent. There is no free equivalent of this incident.
2. Respect for commercial opportunities. This image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
3. (a) Minimal usage. This image is only used in Qana airstrike and has been tagged for no-use in galleries. (b) Minimal extent of use. Only five frames from the video sequence has been used.
4. Previous publication. This image was published by the IDF spokesman, and has been authorised for "fair-use" (IDF Spokesman).
5. Content. The image is of incidents related to the subject of the article.
6. Media-specific policy. The material meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. One-article minimum. The image is used in at least one article.
8. Significance. The image to significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.
9. Restrictions on location. The image has been resitrcited in use only to the relevant article(s).
10. Image description page. The image description page contains the following:

• Attribution of the source of the material and, if different from the source, of the copyright holder.
• A copyright tag that indicates which Wikipedia policy provision is claimed to permit the use. For a list of image copyright tags, see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content.
• The name of each article (a link to the articles is recommended as well) in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a separate fair-use rationale for each use of the item, as explained at Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline. The rationale is presented in clear, plain language, and is relevant to each use.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted video, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the individual or company which produced the video, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the video and its contents on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //www.qudswiki.org/?query=File:Qana_idf_video_s.jpg true

The IDF allows fair use of material (The user may make "fair use" of the protected material as set out under the law. Such fair use includes reasonable quoting from the protected material).

Additions and alterations to the images are direct translations of the Hebrew text only.