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#NewzTech20​ #Enivronment​ #Israel​ #Lebanon​ #OilSpill​ #Marine​ Oil Spill reaches shores of Israel and Lebanon An offshore oil leak has injured marine wildlife and closed beaches in one of the worst oil spills in the country’s history. Authorities say it could take months or years to clean up. Late last week, a 17-metre-long fin whale and other sea creatures washed up on the shore in southern Israel. Although the cause of the whale’s death is being investigated, the environmental protection minister said it could be attributed to an oil spill from a nearby ship. “This is a hazard of a magnitude we have not seen in years. 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,” minister Gila Gamliel said. “Dozens to hundreds” of tonnes of tar have stained nearly 160 kilometres of coastline, stretching from Haifa in the north, down to Ashkelon near Gaza in the sout