Israeli team in Greece probing ship suspected of oil spill
Israel has sent investigators to Greece to inspect a ship suspected of causing an oil spill that has covered much of Israel's shoreline with tar, the Environment Protection Ministry said on Saturday.
Israel has been looking at a spill from a ship that passed
about 50 km (30 miles) offshore on Feb. 11 as the possible source of what
environmental groups are calling a disaster for wildlife.
"We will ... use all means until we find the
environmental perpetrator responsible for the pollution," Environmental
Protection Minister Gila Gamliel said in a statement.
Israel did not provide details of the ship. A Greek Coast
Guard official who declined to be named said Athens had not received any
official request from Israel to inspect a Greek ship.
Volunteers, and thousands of soldiers, have been gathering
daily on Israel's beaches to remove the clumps of sticky black tar, which have
also been washing up in southern Lebanon.
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