These and other treasures were quickly taken off display and brought to special bunkers to ensure they are not damaged during the war.
But this is a different situation so we have to act accordingly," said Hagit Maoz, curator of the Shrine of the Book at Jerusalem's Israel Museum.
The last time the museum removed the display, Maoz said, was during the 1991 Gulf War when Iraq fired missiles at Israel.
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art took similar precautions.
"These works of art have experienced war, some of them survived World War Two," said museum director Tania Coen-Uzzielli.
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