This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Ammunition Hill (Hebrew: גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, Giv'at HaTahmoshet; Arabic: تلة الذخيرة) was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus.

The Jordanian Arab Legion seized control of the hill during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War,[3] severing the link between Mount Scopus and West Jerusalem.

In the wake of the 1949 Armistice Agreements, parts of Mount Scopus remained an Israeli enclave[4] in Jordanian-held territory, with the Jordanians blocking access to Hadassah Medical Center and the campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the hilltop.

[3] A decision was taken by the Israeli Jerusalem Command, under General Uzi Narkis, to forgo an aerial attack on the hill due to its proximity to civilian areas.

The battle ended at 6:30 AM, although Israeli troops remained in the trenches due to sniper fire from Givat HaMivtar until the Harel Brigade overran that outpost in the afternoon.