Celia Hatton

So it's in an area controlled by the Israelis.

So that makes this quite significant as he was Hamas's number one target and was assassinated within the Israeli area of control.

And this definitely reflects

undermines their image of dominance and leaves the other anti-Hamas militias within their area fearing that the Israelis cannot protect them.

Venetia Mingus.

To elsewhere in the Gaza Strip now, Gaza City in the north where Palestinians have begun initial work despite a lack of construction materials on restoring two cultural heritage sites destroyed by Israel during the war.

The hope is that ultimately they can rebuild the Great Omari Mosque, the oldest mosque in the territory, and the historic Pasha's Palace.

International journalists are not allowed to report freely inside Gaza, so Yolanel is following their progress from Jerusalem.

With pickaxes and wheelbarrows, dozens of Palestinian workers are clearing rubble from the ruins of the medieval Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City.

Its distinctive octagonal minaret is now just a broken stump.

The Israeli military says it bombed what it called a tunnel shaft and terror tunnel during the war against Hamas.

Since the Gaza ceasefire, work's begun to clear and sort the stones.

But Israel isn't yet allowing building materials to enter Gaza, and that limits what can be done, says Hosni Amasloum, an engineer from Rewak, a local cultural heritage organisation.

Nearby in the old city, another Palestinian team is taking away buckets of rubble from what's left of the Pasha's palace, exposing the mosaic floor.

Gaza's history stretches back some 5,000 years.

The palace was originally an historic fort, where it said Napoleon stayed in 1799.

The Israeli military told me it had no information about why it targeted this site in the war.

Dr. Hamouda Addaqda, who's in charge of the cleanup, says Palestinians care deeply about their heritage.

We are dealing with a building that expresses the identity and memory of the Palestinian people.

We are determined to preserve what's left of this important landmark.