Oil spill leads Israel to shut seashores because it faces one in all its ‘most extreme ecological disasters’

Oil spill leads Israel to close beaches as it faces one of its 'most severe ecological disasters'

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Blobs of sticky tar started washing up on the country’s Mediterranean shores last week. Images posted on official government accounts showed sea birds and turtles covered in tar and sticky oil.

“The enormous amounts of tar emitted in recent days to the shores of Israel from south to north caused one of the most severe ecological disasters to hit Israel,” the country’s Nature and Parks Authority said Sunday.

The extent of the pollution is so bad, Israel’s Ministry of Interior issued an…

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