GAZA HORSE SLAUGHTERA Palestinian man holds a knife before slaughtering a horse in a poor neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip on 15 June 2012 . The people of the poor neighborhood in the center of Gaza strip slaughter horses every twenty days , and distribute it amongst themselves as needed , they do so because they can ' t afford to buy lamb or veal , as the price of beef is about 40 Israeli shekel ( about 8 . 22 euro ) per kilo and to buy a horse costs them from 100 shekel to 400 shekel ( 20 to 82 euro ) . According to the butchers there is nothing wrong with eating horse meat and it causes no diseases to humans . Still , the process of slaughtering and eating horses is very rare and there is no horse meat for sale in the markets as it is legally prohibited . EPA / ALI ALI [ 이 시각 많이 본 기사 ] ☞< 희대 의 살인마 오원춘 , 인육 목적 살인 ? > ☞ 반크 , 제 1 기 디지털 외교 대사 임명식 ☞< 희대 의 살인마 오원춘 , 인육 목적 살인 ? >( 종합 ) ☞ 김연아 ' 황상민 교수 고소 ' 취하 서 제출 ☞ 수원 여성 납치 살해범 오원춘 에 사형 선고 ( 종합 ) < 연합뉴스 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >