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![[Lebanon] The popular public beach of Ramlet el-Baida covered with heavy fuel oil, Beirut, 29 July 2006. Much of Lebanon’s coastline is affected after oil spilled into the sea when storage tanks at a power plant in Jiyeh, 30km south of Beirut, were hit](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/2006854.jpg.webp?itok=_ws22ZWq "Much of Lebanon’s coastline was affected after 10,000 tonnes of oil leaked into the Mediterranean Sea when Israel bombed the Jiyyeh power plant.")
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