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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

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A lion cub (left) and a monkey rescued by police in operations in Kfar Qasim and Lod, March 15, 2025. (Israel Police)
March 15, 2025, 1:58 pm
Police rescue lion cub, monkey from illegal animal traders
Authorities believe cub was smuggled into Israel, say anyone who came near the animals must be tested for diseases; another cub and monkeys recovered in ops earlier in the week
By ToI Staff
Hamada Iqtiet. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2023, 9:55 pm
6-year-old Palestinian boy mauled to death by lion in private Gaza zoo
Police say Hamada Iqtiet climbed fence and reached opening in cage before lion attacked him
By AP
Students from the Kinneret Academic college help bring the 62-pound lioness carving from Ein Nashut to their bus on March 1, 2023, in the Golan Heights. (courtesy Mordechai Aviam)
March 8, 2023, 10:32 am
Students on northern Israel field trip stumble onto 1,500-year-old lioness carving
Lucky group from the Kinneret Academic College led by Prof. Mordechai Aviam discovers basalt sculpture that likely adorned synagogue, and a rare 1,800-year-old coin, on same day
By Melanie Lidman
A lion cub dubbed 'Abu Malek' was rescued by Border Police officers and Nature and Parks Authority inspectors from a central Israel apartment where the animal was being kept illegally, on February 15, 2023. (Israel Police)
February 16, 2023, 6:11 am
Lion cub, a Tik Tok star, recovered from central Israel apartment
Dubbed ‘Abu Malek,’ animal features in Tik Tok and other social media videos, prompting police investigation; cub in custody of Nature and Parks Authority
By ToI Staff
Two newborn lion cubs (right) next to their mother, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, November 3, 2022. (Guy Kashi/ Jerusalem Biblical Zoo)
November 4, 2022, 1:35 pm
Jerusalem zoo welcomes second litter of rare Asiatic lions
Cubs are 3rd and 4th born to Gir and Yasha, bred as part of the European endangered species program
By ToI Staff
Three newborn lion cubs are displayed at Nama zoo in Gaza City, August 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
August 14, 2022, 1:07 am
Days after airstrikes and rocket fire, 3 newborn lion cubs go on display in Gaza
Veterinarian says birth successful despite loud sounds of explosions, which causes stress to wild animals
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An lioness seen with her 6-weeks-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem on May 6, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 31, 2022, 2:13 pm
Lioness escapes Iran zoo with mate after killing keeper
Security forces in the city of Arak corral feline pair back alive after female managed to open the cage and attack guard who had fed them
By AFP
A lion eats a bunny at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in March 2021. (Screen capture/Twitter)
March 22, 2021, 2:48 pm
Jerusalem zoo tries damage control after kids see lion eat bunny
Wildlife park explains big cats are usually fed dead animals behind closed doors but in this case, the lion dragged its food out into public view in front of visiting families
By Ben Sales
Lioness Yasha and her two new-born cubs at the Jerusalem Biblical zoo (Gili Cohen-Magen)
May 8, 2020, 2:56 pm
First lion cubs born in captivity at Jerusalem zoo
Yasha and Gir now proud parents of first Asian lions to be bred in Israel as part of European endangered species program
By ToI Staff
Palestinian children look through the bars of a cage at the declawed lioness "Falestine" at the Rafah Zoo in the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2019. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
February 13, 2019, 4:54 pm
In the Gaza Strip, pet a lion, declawed
Zoo in Hamas-run Palestinian enclave tries to draw visitors by letting them play with 14-month-old Falestine; animal rights activists condemn the situation
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian youth holds a two-month-old lion cub while children watch at the zoo in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, December 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
January 17, 2019, 10:10 pm
Gaza zoo owner blames winter storm for lion cub deaths
Four cubs found dead in small, dilapidated zoo in Rafah, in southern part of the Strip
By AP
The Conservators Center says a worker has been killed by a lion that got loose from a locked space, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018, in Burlington, N.C. The facility was founded in 1999 and is in Burlington, about 50 miles northwest of Raleigh. (WTVD/ABC11 via AP)
December 31, 2018, 1:44 am
Worker, 22, two weeks into her job, killed by lion at N. Carolina conservatory
Lion shot and killed after fatal attack on Alexandra Black; not clear how it managed to escape locked space, get into enclosure that was being cleaned
By AP
Lions at the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv display their natural instincts by rolling around in ground coffee. Screenshot)
March 26, 2018, 6:42 pm
Lions wake up and smell the coffee at the Ramat Gan Safari
Big cats filmed rolling around in powdered coffee provided by keepers to encourage animals to behave as they would in nature
By Sue Surkes
Palestinian children stand near two-month-old lion cubs at the zoo in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
December 23, 2017, 5:46 pm
Gaza zookeeper puts lion cubs up for sale on Facebook
Mohammad Ahmad Jumaa claims he needs to sell the three cubs to raise money to feed the rest of his pride
By AFP and ToI Staff
A lion rescued from a zoo in the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo cuddles her newborn cub in the Ma’wa Wildlife Reserve in northern Jordan, August 12, 2017.(Four Paws/Ahu Savan An, via AP).
August 13, 2017, 9:57 pm
Lioness saved from Syria zoo gives birth in Jordan
Dana among 13 animals, including 4 other lions, 2 bears and 2 tigers, who barely survived war-torn Aleppo
By Karin Laub
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