The 17 brown sea turtles and one rare green sea turtle underwent rehabilitation at the Nature and Parks Authority's rescue center after they washed up on shore last winter.
Different accounts have provided confusing details on precisely what happened, but what is clear is that a boat was overloaded by hundreds more people than should have been aboard.
The dives, which coincide with World Oceans Day on June 8, took place at Givat Aliya in Jaffa, on the beaches of Herzliya and on Dor-Nashsholim beach with 55 divers.
Yulia the Mediterranean monk seal provides a welcome distraction
Iran, Turkey and Palestinian ties are on top of Cairo's list of prioritized diplomatic ties.
Two men, a Syrian and a Palestinian, were rescued, and according to their accounts a total of 17 people were on board the boat, a coast guard official said.
The road was found on a peninsula artificially created by the neolithic Hvar culture in about 4900 BC.
A rare 6-foot species of seal weighing hundreds of pounds who has traveled the eastern Mediterranean — waded into the water and swam away.
Increased salt input from the Mediterranean during the Younger Dryas was key to reactivating the Atlantic circulation that led to rapid warming in Europe.
Sea turtle nesting season begins around this time every year on Israel's Mediterranean coast and lasts until September.
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