Israeli air raids took out the Jiyeh power plant causing about 110,000 barrels of oil to spill into Lebanon's Mediterranean shore. As of now the spill has touched about 80 miles of beaches and the number is expected to get significantly larger. Ten trucks from Kuwait arrived to clean up the mess but weren't able to access the spill areas due to fighting. This environmental fiasco is rapidly killing marine life, including the endangered green turtle, and there is a fear of the oil affecting other parts of the Mediterranean.
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