Ibrahim Al-Jamal, 17, carries Mona, the female lion cub, as Max the male lion cub is petted by people on the beach of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip. Saduldin Al-Jamal had bought the cubs from the Gaza zoo, hit during last summer's Israel-Hamas war. His family would take them to parks or the beach and children — those brave enough — would come up to pet them. Jamal said he is placing his two cubs, Mona and Alex, with FOUR PAWS International, hoping they will get better care in a proper place. Jamal added that he is no longer able to to take care of their food and medical care, and that they may pose danger to people as they become bigger. The cubs' parents were believed to have been smuggled into Gaza through a tunnel along the border with Egypt nearly three years ago. — AP
