Israel's beaches see more tar as oil spill consequences continue
The Environmental Protection Ministry has estimated that the amount that washed up is a small amount of what is still in the ocean: 1,200 tons.
A man wears a glove covered with tar as Israeli soldiers and volunteers clean tar from the sand after an offshore oil spill drenched much of Israel's Mediterranean shoreline, at a beach in Atlit, Israel February 22, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/RONEN ZEVULUN)
