(Ha'aretz) Zafrir Rinat - Over the last few days, trash from Lebanon has inundated Israel's beaches from Netanya in the north to Nitzanim in the south. The waste apparently comes from a huge unregulated dump near Sidon that has begun sliding into the sea. "Out at sea, you can see an armada of plastic bags sailing toward the beach," said Netanya resident Alex Axelrod. A few days ago, inspectors from the Israel Nature and Parks Authority found barrels that originally contained hazardous material on a beach south of Netanya.
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