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30,000 tons of oil were dumped into the Mediterranean Sea by Israel's bombing of the Jiyeh thermal power plant in Lebanon

18
years ago

14 July 2006,

30,000 tons of oil were dumped into the Mediterranean Sea by Israel's bombing of the Jiyeh thermal power plant in Lebanon. Israel attacked Lebanon with the help of the United States, destroying the country and causing hundreds of civilian victims. The oil spill caused enormous ecological damage and killed thousands of living things.

Source:

Josep Fontana, For the Sake of Empire (Editions of Past and Present).

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