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Volunteers Dispatched To Clean Up

Israeli soldiers wearing protective suits clean tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea.
Israeli soldiers wearing protective suits clean tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Ariel Schalit (AP)

Tar began washing up on Israel’s shores over the weekend, and on Sunday the government told the public to avoid going to beaches along the Mediterranean Sea. Thousands of volunteers, including some from the country’s military, the Israel Defense Forces, were dispatched over the weekend to clean up tar along the beaches. The fumes from the spill were so noxious that some volunteers were hospitalized.