Israeli soldiers clean beach after massive tar pollution
By Abiodun Ogundairo
23 February 2021 |
3:33 pm
Israeli soldiers scramble to clean the Hof Hasharon beach after a massive tar contamination hit the country's Mediterranean shore.
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