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US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a congressional roundtable on anti-fraud initiatives in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on August 5, 2026. (Mandel NGAN/AFP)
August 14, 2026, 12:04 pm
Vance: Preventing nuclear Iran is the ‘number two’ US goal, after ensuring cheap oil
Trump cabinet members say US could keep its Hormuz blockade indefinitely, Iran to face ‘never before seen’ economic isolation; Iran demands payment for spill from tanker it apparently hit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Oil seeps between desert bushes in the Evrona nature reserve, December 7, 2014. (Facebook / Tamar Zandenburg)
June 2, 2026, 1:38 pm
Nature Authority to remove 40,000 tons of soil polluted in massive 2014 oil spill
Inspectors will guide every tractor driver to ensure minimum harm to sensitive arid ecosystem near Eilat, where acacia trees are failing to germinate along contaminated streambeds
By Sue Surkes
A massive oil leak caused by the rupture of a Europe Asia Pipeline Company line in the Evrona nature reserve in 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry)
January 16, 2025, 10:14 am
In plea deal, oil company to pay just $400,000 for Israel’s worst-ever spill
Court upholds convictions for Europe Asia Pipeline Company and senior employee over burst pipe that caused enduring damage to southern Israel’s Evrona Nature Reserve in 2014
By Sue Surkes
A screenshot from a video released by the Russian Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office, shows the Volgoneft-212 oil tanker wrecked by a storm in the Kerch Strait, Russia, December 15, 2024. (Russian Southern Transport Prosecutor's Office)
December 16, 2024, 2:20 am
Russian tanker splits in storm and partly sinks, spilling oil into Kerch Strait
Vessel had capacity of 4,200 tonnes of oil products; another damaged tanker drifting; at least one person killed as Russia works to evacuate crew amid stormy weather
By Reuters
This handout picture provided by EUNAVFOR ASPIDES on September 15, 2024, and dated September 14, shows a vessel with a rope extended toward the Greek-owned oil tanker Sounion as smoke and fire billows from it, off the coast of Hodeida in the Red Sea. (AFP PHOTO / HO / EUNAVFOR ASPIDES)
November 7, 2024, 5:56 pm
Greek-flagged oil tanker hit by Houthis in August starts safe oil transfer in Suez
Sounion caught fire and lost power when attacked during murky journey; experts warned that had it broken apart, resulting oil spill could have been 4 times worse than Exxon Valdez
By AFP and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by EUNAVFOR ASPIDES on September 15, 2024, and dated September 14, shows a vessel with a rope extended toward the Greek-owned oil tanker Sounion as smoke and fire billows from it, off the coast of Hodeida in the Red Sea. (AFP PHOTO / HO / EUNAVFOR ASPIDES)
September 15, 2024, 5:25 pm
EU operation to tow oil tanker struck by Houthis proceeding ‘at very slow pace’
European Union’s Red Sea naval mission says ship being towed to a ‘safe location,’ escorted by three frigates, helicopters and a special forces team
By AFP
Explosions are seen on the deck of the Sounion in a screen capture from a video released by Houthi rebels on August 29, 2024. (Video screen capture: X)
August 30, 2024, 3:20 pm
Houthi video shows rebels planted, detonated bombs on seized oil tanker
Glamorized footage is accompanied by chants of ‘death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews’; EU says salvaging ops have begun, no oil spill detected amid environmental fears
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Nothing grows along a watercourse at Evrona Nature Reserve in southern Israel, where soil was contaminated by a 2014 leak of crude oil (see the dark patches beneath the soil crust), February 14, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 27, 2024, 4:37 pm
Nature authority to remove 30,000 cubic meters of oil-soaked soil at southern reserve
Move follows years of post-spill research and failure of other methods to draw out crude oil that flooded out of broken pipe into Evrona Nature Reserve near Eilat in 2014
By Sue Surkes
The FSO Safer in an undated photo. (Courtesy: Safer Exploration and Production Operations)
March 13, 2023, 2:25 am
UN buys ship to begin removing oil from decaying tanker off Yemen
Long-sought operation to avert spill that could decimate Red Sea coastal communities and marine life follows deal with Iran-backed Houthi rebels, drawn-out fundraising campaign
By Sue Surkes
A satellite image of the FSO Safer tanker moored off Ras Issa port, in Yemen, June 17, 2020. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
June 16, 2022, 4:52 pm
UN launches $5 million crowdfunding campaign to prevent massive oil spill off Yemen
Iranian-backed Houthis have agreed to allow the transfer of the million-plus barrels of oil stored on ailing tanker FSO Safer, but emergency funds are still $20 million short
By Sue Surkes
A satellite image of the FSO Safer tanker moored off Ras Issa port, in Yemen, June 17, 2020. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
June 12, 2022, 1:57 pm
Saudi Arabia pledges $10 million to avert oil spill from tanker abandoned off Yemen
Environmentalists warn the cost of the operation is a pittance compared to the estimated $20 billion to clean up a spill
By AFP
An Environment Ministry worker aboard the Bat Galim ship on February 2, 2022. (Ram Greenwald/Environment Ministry)
February 2, 2022, 6:13 pm
Stains off Israeli coast are not oil spill after all, says Environment Ministry
Minister Tamar Zandberg praises quick work of professionals and vows to ‘continue to be vigilant’ while awaiting final lab results of seawater
By ToI Staff
The R/V Bat-Galim deep sea research ship prepares to tackle an oil spill detected off the coast of Israel, February 2, 2022. (Environment Ministry)
February 2, 2022, 10:15 am
Suspected oil spill at sea could be a major regional pollution event, ministry warns
Environment Minister Zandberg says emergency plans to be readied as officials scramble to assess threat from ‘suspicious patches’ 20-40 kilometers from shore
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A woman holds a dead sea turtle covered in tar from an oil spill in the Mediterranean Sea at the Gador nature reserve near Hadera, northern Israel, February 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 2, 2022, 2:56 am
Environment Ministry says suspected oil spill detected off coast of Netanya
IDF reconnaissance flights used to locate spill, currently some 20 kilometers from shore; ministry working to determine severity and origin
By ToI Staff
An Israel Navy ship operates off the coast of Eilat after an oil spill, on October 14, 2021. (Eli Warburg and Oz Goren/Environmental Protection Ministry)
October 14, 2021, 8:56 pm
Oil leaks from docked naval vessel into Red Sea near Eilat
Authorities probing incident but say fault that caused hydraulic oil to escape into sea has been fixed; environmental group urges IDF to enact serious green reforms
By ToI Staff
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