People observe the archaeological site of Saint Hilarion near Deir el-Balah in the centre of the Gaza Strip, June, 2022. Artifacts from Gaza's five main archaeological sites, including the fourth-century Saint Hilarion Monastery, were rescued this week before an Israeli strike on a warehouse where they were stored.

Nine hours of frantic negotiation with the Israeli military. A last-minute scramble to find trucks in a devastated Gaza Strip , where fuel is in short supply. Six hours of frantic packing, carefully stacking cardboard boxes on open flatbed trucks.

With an Israeli air strike looming, aid workers carried out a last-minute rescue mission to salvage thousands of priceless artifacts from a Gaza warehouse before the building was flattened.

The warehouse contained artifacts from o

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