![A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-23.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-23.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![3 newly born lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-35.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
3 newborn lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-22.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![3 newly born lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-10.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
3 newborn lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![Lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-27.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
Lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![Lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-46.jpg?w=396&h=264&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
Lion cubs at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-9.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
A Palestinian man holds a lion cub at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 {Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]
![3 newly born lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019_9-11-gaza-lion-cubs110919_ASH_00-37.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "Three newly born lion cubs")
3 newborn lion cubs play at a zoo in Gaza on 11 September 2019 [Ashraf Amra/Apaimages]