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A Serious Disaster

A woman holds a dead sea turtle covered in tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea.
A woman holds a dead sea turtle covered in tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Ariel Schalit (AP)

“This is [a] hazard of a magnitude we have not seen in years,” Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel said. “We are doing everything in order to find those responsible for the destruction, and are preparing for the difficult and long task of rehabilitating the beaches and preventing further injury to animals.”

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