[cloudmountain]

I am inclined to think a tectonic sift - an earthquake. There is a fault line through the area of the Dome of the Rock.

Earthquakes make us realize how tiny we are.
A bad earthquake, even a mild 5.0, would do MUCH damage to all that brick and dirt in Jerusalem! I had no idea that the area was prone to earthquakes.

I'm on, well near, the San Andreas fault. We do rock and roll sometimes, without even getting our of our chairs! :o)

[Texas Songwriter]

Perhaps it will be an Intelligently designed earthquake. Perhaps?