A national response plan for marine oil pollution incidents was ordered in 2008; it was never implemented. Now the beaches are closed, seafood is banned, and further disasters loom

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National Sea Turtle Rescue Center is treating nine endangered green sea turtles affected by devastating oil spill that coated Israel's coast with thick black tar

Shaul Goldstein, director of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, says sand looking better on many northern beaches, but rocks still highly contaminated after suspected oil spill

Authorities urge keeping distance from entire Mediterranean coast from Rosh Hanikra to Zikim due to worry over tar exposure, a day after people fell ill helping cleanup efforts

Following hospitalization of individuals who apparently inhaled toxic fumes while handling tar, Israel Nature and Parks Authority says there will be proper instruction

Parks authority chief vet says not yet clear that liquid was cause of animal's death or linked to spill; authorities urge staying away from beaches from Rosh Hanikra to Zikim

Dozens of tons of pollutant said spilled at sea in what expert warns could be worst environmental disaster in decades; 100 miles of coast affected; widespread death of wildlife

Israel Nature and Parks Authority calls on volunteers to stay away as investigation underway into spill, which may have led to 17-meter fin whale washing ashore

Gila Gamliel says pollution off coast is of a 'magnitude we have not seen in years,' vows to find those responsible, after 17-meter fin whale washed up dead on beach