Beirut, Mar 7 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon is still waiting today for a UN response on the country´s request to fight oil spill contaminating part of Lebanon s southern coast in the eastern Mediterranean.
Israel accuses Iran of environmental terrorism after oil spill
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03/03/2021 - 20:40 3 min
Jerusalem (AFP)
Israel on Wednesday accused Iran of environmental terrorism after a devastating oil spill off its Mediterranean coast it said was perpetrated by a Libyan-flagged ship that set sail from Iran.
Storms last month washed tonnes of sticky tar ashore along Israel s entire Mediterranean coastline, staining 160 kilometres (96 miles) of beach from its borders with the Gaza Strip to Lebanon. A Libyan-flagged pirate ship that departed from Iran was responsible, Israel s environment protection minister Gila Gamliel said on Twitter. Iran is waging terrorism by harming the environment, she said, calling the spill not just an environmental crime but environmental terrorism.
Israel on Wednesday accused Iran of "environmental terrorism" after a devastating oil spill off its Mediterranean coast it said was perpetrated by a Libyan-flagged ship that set sail from Iran.
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