TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli officials have said that a dead whale has washed up on a beach south of Tel Aviv. He and other officials said it wasn’t clear what caused the death, but they said the water nearby is polluted, including with tar. “It’s a very sad event,” Halfon said of the whale’s death and appearance in the Nitzanim Reserve. Shaul Goldstein, CEO of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, said a “tar pollution” incident was plaguing area waters in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. A similar whale washed up dead in the area in 2016.

Source: Egypt Independent February 19, 2021 10:41 UTC