Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike
Officials hurriedly remove nearly three decades of finds in ‘high-risk operation’An official in charge of nearly three decades of archaeological finds in Gaza has described how the artefacts were hurriedly evacuated from a Gaza City building threatened by an Israeli strike.“This was a...
<p>Officials hurriedly remove nearly three decades of finds in ‘high-risk operation’</p><p>An official in charge of nearly three decades of archaeological finds in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</a> has described how the artefacts were hurriedly evacuated from a Gaza City building threatened by an Israeli strike.</p><p>“This was a high-risk operation, carried out in an extremely dangerous context for everyone involved – a real last-minute rescue,” said Olivier Poquillon, director of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem (EBAF), which housed the relics.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/antiquities-evacuated-from-gaza-city-storehouse-ahead-of-israeli-strike">Continue reading...</a>
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