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According to Environmental Protection Ministry, new lumps of tar were found on the beaches from Kiryat Yam to Tirat Carmel in the northern district of the country.
This comes after the government warned the population to avoid the shoreline after the leak occurred around three weeks ago.
Haaretz.com s Daniel Guri de Lima raps the news.Credit: Haaretz.
An estimated 1,000 tons of black tar from the leak washed up on over 90 percent of the country s 195 kilometer (120 mile) coastline in February, but the source of the spillage remains contested.
Last week, Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel accused Iran for the attack after authorities identified a likely culprit in the Libyan-owned oil tanker, Emerald. This opinion was not shared by Israel s military intelligence, and officials in Gamliel s ministry distanced themselves from her statement at the time.
Tarry Oil From Unknown Source Fouls Israeli Beaches
TEL AVIV, Israel, February 28, 2021 (ENS) – The level of tarry pollution on Israel’s Rosh Hanikra Beach near the Lebanese border is now rated medium-heavy, after new lumps of tar washed ashore on Sunday after contractors and volunteers had worked to clean it. New tar was also found on Tel Baruch Beach in Tel Aviv, Bustan Hagalil, and Hamachalim Beach in Haifa.
Israel has been facing an environmental and ecological disaster since tar began washing ashore across the country’s Mediterranean coastline on February 17. The tar landed on Israeli beaches as a result of stormy weather, but the search for the source of the tarry oil is still ongoing.