Dozens of Palestinians have taken up bird-trapping in recent years, capturing parakeets along the heavily-guarded frontier with Israel and selling them to pet shops. It's a rare if meager source of income in Gaza, which has been under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade since the militant Hamas group seized power 15 years ago.
Dozens of Palestinians have taken up bird-trapping in recent years, capturing parakeets along the heavily-guarded frontier with Israel and selling them to pet shops. It's a rare if meager source of income in Gaza, which has been under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade since the militant Hamas group seized power 15 years ago.