A day before launching a ground offensive in Gaza City, Israeli officials issued a cryptic statement about the safe transfer of rare archaeological artifacts associated with the Christian community there. Accompanying Monday’s announcement were images of a storeroom lined with historical finds and boxes being loaded onto trucks. Ruins and relics therefore can be seized upon as proof of who truly belongs on the land. The warehouse, holding finds from three decades of excavations at major archaeological sites, represents only a part of Gaza’s cultural heritage over more than 5,000 years. Much of that heritage has already been damaged since the start of the war in Gaza nearly two years ago.