a palestinian refugee achieved his lifetime ambition to one day own a lion when he adopted two of them and brought them into his home saad al jamal purchased the two month old lion cubs from the cash strapped rafah zoo he has plans to raise them at his house in the al shabora refugee camp in rafah in the southern gaza strip, although he faces a difficult task as the lions   and their appetites   grow saad al jamal holds the lions in his arms as one of them struggles in an effort to get back on the ground  mr al jamal plans to raise the cubs at his house in the al shabora refugee camp in the southern gaza strip  he refused to say how much he paid for the cubs, but admitted to afp that he has received a $9,000 offer (£6,000) to buy them the two lion cubs, one male and one female, have been named alex and mona they have been living in the three bedroom flat ‘like members of the family’ for 10 weeks, and they play 'all day long' with mr al jamal's children and grandchildren footage shows the cubs play fighting on the floor of the family's flat, and interacting with young children the lion cubs can be seen on the video interacting with mr al jamal’s children and grandchildren  bringing the cubs outside, mr al jamal holds the lions in his arms and as of them fights against him to be put back down other clips show the owner is featured stroking them as they bask in the sun it is believed that the parents of the cubs were brought into gaza via a tunnel along the border with egypt around three years ago raising two lion cubs is a costly venture, and mr al jamal has plans to use them to earn money he intends to lease them to parks, restaurants and seaside resorts once they are a few months older saad al jamal purchased the two month old lion cubs called alex and mona from the rafah zoo  once the cubs are 15 months old they will develop adult teeth and possess the ability to tear flesh  at just two months, the cubs eat half a kilogram of meat a day, and their appetites will become even larger as they get older right now the animals are at an age where they are unable to inflict any real damage but once the cubs reach 15 months old they will develop adult teeth and will possess the ability to tear flesh at which point, mr al jamal’s living situation might not be so harmonious
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