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Oil spill from passing ship blackens Israel’s Mediterranean shoreline

Israeli authorities are trying to find the ship responsible for an oil spill that drenched much of its Mediterranean shoreline with tar, an environmental blow that will take months or years to clean up, officials said.

Thousands of volunteers gathered on Sunday to remove clumps of sticky black refuse from the pale beaches. Israel’s military said it was deploying thousands of soldiers to help with the effort. Authorities warned members of the public to keep their distance until further notice.

Environmental groups called it a disaster. Attesting to the cost to wildlife, they posted pictures of tar-covered turtles.

The event began last week during a winter storm, which made it harder to see the tar approaching and deal with it at sea, Israeli officials said.

Together with European agencies, Israel was looking as a possible source at an 11 February oil spill from a ship passing about 21 miles (50km) from shore. Satellite images and modelling of wave movements were helping to narrow the search.

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The environmental protection minister, Gila Gamliel, said nine ships that were in the area at the time were being looked at. “There is a more than reasonable chance that we will be able to locate the specific ship,” she told Ynet TV.

If found, Israel could take legal action. One course would be to sue insurance companies for compensation to help deal with the ecological fallout, she said, which could cost tens of millions of shekels.

Late last week a 55ft-long fin whale was found washed up on a beach in southern Israel. The nature and parks authority said on Sunday that an autopsy had found oil-based material in the whale’s body, and further tests were pending.

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