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29 March 2024

'Milking' male goat 'executed' in Gaza

The 'milking' male goat that was slaughtered by Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip. (Supplied)

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Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip executed a miracle male goat which oozed milk by slaughtering the animal following public upheaval about the curing power of its milk.

Newspapers said authorities paid $680 (Dh2,500) compensation to its owner Jassir Abu Al Saeed after carrying out the execution.

An official at the ministry of agriculture in the Strip said the goat was slaughtered and its meat was sold to a wealthy Palestinian man following reports that it was oozing milk and that the milk can cure many diseases.

“We decided to execute the goat after it created upheaval and confusion among the residents, who mistakenly believed it is a blessed animal and that its milk can cure diseases,” said Zakaria Al Kafarna, veterinary services director at the ministry.

“The goat was oozing milk because of hormones defects…the milk does not cure any illness…on the contrary it could harm the body,” he said.

Kafarna said the ministry decided to kill the goat to end public confusion, which became a subject of ‘hot news and sarcasm’ in regional newspapers and websites.

Abu Al Saeed, 45, said he had bought the goat from a local farmer, who had imported the animal from a farm in Israel.

“There were rumours that its milk can cure serious illnesses like infertility…these rumours were of course not true…I had not tried to make any profit from that goat but many people were coming for its milk after they were misled into believing it is blessed,” he said.