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After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, curators in Israel raced to lock their most precious museum items into safe storage. In Gaza, the fighting has caused damage to more than 100 cultural landmarks.
Israel-Hamas war: The last time the museum removed the display, Maoz said, was during the 1991 Gulf War when Iraq fired missiles at Israel
Israel's most precious museum artwork and artifacts -- including the Dead Sea Scrolls and paintings by artists from Mark Rothko to Gustav Klimt -- have been moved to rocket-proof bunkers for protection.