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After contacting the French government to prevent an Israeli strike, Gaza archeologists began moving items but struggled with few trucks, damaged roads, limited packing materials and the risk of damage or looting. 'We saved a large part, but in a rescue you always lose things, and you always face painful choices,' one said

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The Israeli army threatened last week to bombard a building holding the largest archeological collection in the Gaza Strip, the Biblical and Archeological Research Institute (EBAF) said.