P?l?stini?n l??????s in th? G?z? St?i? h?v? st?m?l?? ???n ? siz??l? R?m?n-??? c?m?t??? with ??z?ns ?? ???v?s. A?ch???l??ists h?v? ??t??min?? th?t th? l????st ?in? ?? its s??t in G?z? c?nt?ins t???s???s th?t ??? ????hl? 2,000 ????s ?l?, incl??in? tw? l??? s??c??h??i.

A 2,000 ???? ?l? c?m?t??? h?s ???n ?isc?v???? in th? G?z? St?i? (Im???: AFP vi? G?tt? Im???s)

Th? sit? w?s ?i?st ?isc?v???? ?? th? ?m?l????s l?st ???? whil? th?? w??? w??kin? ?n ? h??sin? ???j?ct in th? n??th??n ???t ?? th? St?i? th?t w?s ??n??? ?? E???t. Sinc? th?n, t??ms h?v? w??k?? ?n??? th? ?i??cti?n ?? F??nch ?x???ts t? ?xc?v?t? ? 2,700 s????? m?t?? ????. Wh?t w?s ?nc? ? ?l?in-l??kin? c?nst??cti?n sit? h?s n?w ???n t??ns???m?? int? ? t???s??? t??v? ??? hist??i?ns t??in? t? l???n m??? ????t th? ????.

D?? t? its l?c?ti?n ?n hist??ic t???? ???t?s ??tw??n E???t ?n? th? L?v?nt, G?z? h?s ? l?n?th? hist???. H?w?v??, ? n?m??? ?? ??c?nt ?v?nts, incl??in? th? ?cc???ti?n ?? Is???l, H?m?s’ t?k??v??, ?n? ???win? ????niz?ti?n, h?v? ??t th? hist??? ?? th? ??si???? ???i?n in ???il. A t?t?l ?? 75 ???iti?n?l ???v?s h?v? ???n l?c?t?? sinc? th? initi?l ?in?in? ?? 60 in J?n????, s?v???l ?? which h?v? ?n?????n? inv?sti??ti?n.

Th? ?i?’s ?i??ct??, ? F??nch ??ch???l??ist n?m?? R?n? Elt??, st?t??: “All ?? th?s? t?m?s h?v? ?lm?st ?l????? ???n ?xc?v?t?? ?n? h?v? ??v??l?? ? h??? ?m??nt ?? in???m?ti?n ????t th? c?lt???l m?t??i?l ?n? ?ls? ????t th? st?t? ?? h??lth ?? th? ????l?ti?n ?n? th? ??th?l??i?s ???m which this ????l?ti?n m?? h?v? s???????.”

135 ???v?s h?v? ???n l?c?t?? ?t th? sit? s? ??? incl??in? tw? l??? c???ins ( Im???: M?j?i F?thi/N??Ph?t?/REX/Sh?tt??st?ck)

“Th? ?isc?v??? ?? l??? s??c??h??i h??? is ? ?i?st ??? G?z?” M?. Elt??, th? h??? ?? ??ch???l??? ??? Inti??l, ? ??????m ??n ?? n?n????it P??mi??? U???nc? Int??n?ti?n?l?, ?xcl?im?? with ?xcit?m?nt.

D?? t? th? ???it? ?? th? l??? t?m?s, P?l?stini?n ??ch???l??ists incl??in? F???l Al-Ot?l think s?ci?l ?lit?s w??? int????? ?t th? l?c?ti?n. In k???in? with th? R?m?n ?????nsit? t? ??il? c?m?t??i?s cl?s? t? ????n c?nt??s, M?. Al-Ot?l in?ic?t?? th?t th? c?m?t??? lik?l? ?s?? t? ?? sit??t?? insi?? ?? ? cit?. Al?n? with th? s??c??h??i, M?. Elt??’s t??m is ??c?nst??ctin? sk?l?t?ns ?n? ??ttin? ???k?n ?i?c?s ?? cl?? j??s ??ck t???th??.

Th? ??m?ins will ?? ??t??n?? t? th? H?m?s-l?? Minist?? ?? Anti??iti?s ?n? T???ism, ?cc???in? t? M?. Al-Ot?l, ?nc? th? sk?l?t?ns h?v? ?n?????n? ???th?? ?n?l?sis. “Th? G?z?ns ??s??v? t? t?ll th?i? st??i?s. G?z? ???sts ? ?l?th??? ?? ??t?nti?l ??ch???l??ic?l sit?s, ??t m?nit??in? ??ch ?n?, ?iv?n th? ???i? ??c? ?? ??v?l??m?nt, is n? sm?ll ???t.”