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Aid workers frantically rescued thousands of archaeological artifacts from a Gaza warehouse just hours before a planned Israeli airstrike would demolish it.

The saved treasures include items from a UNESCO World Heritage Site and some of the oldest known Christian artifacts in Gaza.

Israel targeted the building claiming it housed Hamas intelligence.

JERUSALEM — 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 airstrike looming, aid workers carried out a last-minute res

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