The Gaza zoo that found a way to keep going during attacks
- Young visitors walking into a zoo close to Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp were greeted by a lion barely acknowledging them through its cage bars, alongside listless chimpanzees sitting in their enclosure.
- Shortages of food, vaccines and medicine have left many creatures severely malnourished and weak, but they remain alive thanks largely to the persistent efforts of owner Mahmoud Gomaa.
- He originally ran the facility in the southern city of Rafah, but explained he was forced to flee after Israeli forces attacked and occupied sections of the area during 2024.
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- Young visitors walking into a zoo close to Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp were greeted by a lion barely acknowledging them through its cage bars, alongside listless chimpanzees sitting in their enclosure.
- Shortages of food, vaccines and medicine have left many creatures severely malnourished and weak, but they remain alive thanks largely to the persistent efforts of owner Mahmoud Gomaa.
- He originally ran the facility in the southern city of Rafah, but explained he was forced to flee after Israeli forces attacked and occupied sections of the area during 2024.
Sources: The Independent