The Geneva Museum of Art and History (MAH) played a key role in a frantic operation to evacuate thousands of artefacts from Gaza’s main archaeological storage facility on Thursday (9 September), ahead of an Israeli strike that destroyed the building. Last week, Israeli forces began issuing eviction notices to residents in Gaza City, warning them to leave ahead of strikes targeting high-rise buildings. In a notice put out ahead of the attack, the Israeli military cited alleged Hamas infrastructure in or around the building. The facility contained finds from key archaeological sites in Gaza, including the ruins of the fourth-century Saint Hilarion Monastery, which are on Unesco’s World Heritage List. Negotiations to decant the Gazan storage facility ahead of the recent strikes is also understood to have included France, Unesco and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported .