Four Lion Cubs Die in Gaza After Their Parents Are Displaced From Rafah

Four newborn lion cubs have died at a zoo in Gaza after their parents were displaced from Rafah in the south of the territory to Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.

The cubs’ parents were among a group of surviving animals moved from Rafah. The group included a male lion and two lionesses.

One of the lionesses gave birth to the four cubs, but harsh conditions and a shortage of resources led to their deaths.

The animals’ journey to Nuseirat had brought them out of Rafah, but their displacement left them facing conditions in which the newborn cubs could not survive.