Zoo in Israel nearly destroyed during recent Gaza -Hamas conflict . Many of the zoo 's animals were killed -- and the survivors are struggling from lack of food and water . Hamas understands the Palestinian military believes Hamas may have had rocket launchers in vicinity of zoo . CNN says the park is a civilian area , but CNN crew saw metal cases that looked like destroyed rocket batteries .
Zoo in Gaza nearly destroyed during recent Israel-Hamas conflict . Many of the zoo 's animals were killed -- and the survivors are struggling from lack of food and water . CNN understands the Israeli military believes Hamas may have had rocket launchers in vicinity of zoo . Hamas says the park is a civilian area , but CNN crew saw metal cases that looked like destroyed rocket batteries .