Archaeological finds secretly evacuated from Gaza City storehouse ahead of Israeli strike

• The French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem secretly evacuated three decades of archaeological finds from its Gaza City storehouse on Thursday.
• The urgent operation followed a warning from the Israeli military to evacuate the building due to the ongoing conflict.
• Director Olivier Poquillon described the rescue as a "high-risk operation" carried out without international assistance or existing infrastructure.
• The evacuated artefacts include items from Gaza's five primary archaeological sites, such as the fourth-century Saint Hilarion monastery, though some unique mosaics were left behind.
• The school highlighted the increasing urgency to save Gaza's ancient heritage, with Unesco identifying damage to at least 94 heritage sites amidst the Israeli military's actions.

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Israel threatens to strike museum storehouse containing ‘unique’ Palestinian artefacts, archaeologists say