Israel’s environmental protection minister Gila Gamliel has accused Iran as the perpetrator of a disastrous oil spill off Israel’s coastline, calling the incident an act of environmental terrorism.
The conclusion came as a surprise to many government, navy, and intelligence officers, who said that they had not been briefed on the investigator’s claim before it went through the media.
The environmental protection ministry has backtracked on the minister’s claim, saying it was a “high probability” that it was not a terrorist incident.