Beaches from Tel Aviv to Herzliya shut over pollution fears

Black dirt from surface runoff on the sand at the beach in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Black dirt from surface runoff on the sand at the beach in Tel Aviv, on September 17, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The Interior Ministry announces that all beaches from Tel Aviv to Herzliya are closed until further notice for swimming due to pollution fears.

The ministry says that health checks found the water unsafe due to the flow of dirty runoff water into the sea.

The statement warns the public that there will be no lifeguards at these beaches until they reopen and that it is forbidden to swim in areas without guards.

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