An Israeli man holds up the fish he caught on the Mediterranean Sea beach front, covered with a blanket of yellow dust, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, September 8, 2015. An unseasonal sandstorm has hit the Middle East, reducing visibility and sending dozens to hospitals with breathing difficulties. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)





Children wearing face masks play table football during a sandstorm in Homs, Syria September 7, 2015. (Photo by Omar Sanadiki/Reuters)





A couple walk during a sandstorm near the sea castle of the port-city of Sidon, Lebanon September 8, 2015. A heavy sandstorm swept across parts of the Middle East on Tuesday, hospitalising scores of people in Lebanon and disrupting air strikes and fighting in neighbouring Syria. Clouds of dust also engulfed Israel, Jordan and Cyprus where aircraft were diverted to Paphos from Larnaca airport as visibility fell to 500 metres. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters)





Residents swim during a sandstorm near the sea castle of the port-city of Sidon, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters)





Men walk along the shore while a woman smokes a hookah, or water pipe, during a sandstorm near the sea castle of the port-city of Sidon, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Reuters)





A sandstorm shrouds the capital city of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, September 8, 2015. The unseasonal sandstorm hit Lebanon and Syria, reducing visibility and sending dozens to hospitals with breathing difficulties because of the fine dust. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





A Lebanese man wears a mask to protect himself from the dust as a sandstorm blows over the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP Photo)





A Palestinian man wears a mask to protect his face from the dust as he walks past the Dome of the Rock mosque in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during a sandstorm on September 8, 2015, in the old city of Jerusalem. A massive sandstorm has blanketed much of the Middle East. Large parts of Lebanon, Israel and Cyprus were shrounded in a thick cloud of dust that meteorologists said had swept in from Iraq and Syria. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo)





Syrian children walk amid the dust during a sandstorm on September 7, 2015 at a refugee camp on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





A terrace is pictured during a sandstorm in Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Alia Haju/Reuters)





A man rides a motorcycle with a face mask during a sandstorm in Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Alia Haju/Reuters)





A pigeon sits on a wire during a sandstorm in Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Alia Haju/Reuters)





A Palestinian woman sits at her house, that witnesses said was damaged by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





Palestinian schoolchildren ride a rickshaw motorbike during a sandstorm in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A Palestinian woman looks on as she stands in front of the ruins of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)





A man walks with a face mask during a sandstorm in Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Alia Haju/Reuters)





A statue is pictured during a sandstorm in Martyrs' Square in downtown Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Alia Haju/Reuters)





A man drives with his face covered during a sandstorm in Jerusalem September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)





A cyclist rides with a covered face during a sandstorm in Jerusalem September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)





A pedestrian walks with a covered face during a sandstorm in Jerusalem September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ammar Awad/Reuters)





Ultra-Orthodox Jews walk towards the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City during a sandstorm September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)





A pedestrian walks with a covered face during a sandstorm in Jerusalem September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)





Pedestrians walk near the Tower of David in Jerusalem's Old City during a sandstorm September 8, 2015. (Photo by Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)





U.N peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) wear face masks while they monitor the Lebanese-Israeli border during a sandstorm in Kfar Kila village, in south Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Aziz Taher/Reuters)





Damaged buildings are pictured during a sandstorm in the Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria September 7, 2015. (Photo by Bassam Khabieh/Reuters)





Workers carrying gallons of water wear face masks during a sandstorm in Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)





A general view shows the public beach on Ramlet al Bayda seaside during a sandstorm in Beirut, Lebanon September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)





A general view shows buildings during a sandstorm in the city of Cairo, Egypt, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)





A Palestinian stands inside the remains of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress inside the remains of his family's house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A general view shows buildings during a sandstorm in the city of Cairo, Egypt, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohamed Azakir/Reuters)





Palestinian workers remove the debris of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A tourist wearing a face mask walks at the Amman Citadel, during a sandstorm in downtown Amman, Jordan, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





Tourists inspect the view at the Amman Citadel, during a sandstorm in downtown Amman, Jordan, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





The Roman Amphitheatre (C) is seen during a sandstorm in downtown Amman, Jordan, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





Palestinian workers remove the debris of a house, that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A Palestinian policeman loyal to Hamas controls traffic during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A Palestinian boy walks past houses, which witnesses said were destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A Palestinian boy sleeps on a mattress inside the remains of his family's house, which witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war in 2014 summer, during a sandstorm in Gaza September 8, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)





A man wearing a face mask walks on a street during a sandstorm in downtown Amman, Jordan, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Majed Jaber/Reuters)





The Amman Citadel, is pictured during a sandstorm in downtown Amman, Jordan, September 8, 2015. (Photo by Muhammad Hamed/Reuters)





A Palestinian boy washes a horse in the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in the northern Gaza Strip September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





Palestinians sit on a beach along the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in the northern Gaza Strip September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





A beachgoer jumps into the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in Ashkelon, Israel September 8, 2015. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





A diver walks near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in Ashkelon, Israel September 8, 2015. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





Beachgoers bathe in the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in Ashkelon, Israel September 8, 2015. (Photo by Amir Cohen/Reuters)





A Palestinian man washes his son on a beach along the Mediterranean Sea during a sandstorm in the northern Gaza Strip September 8, 2015. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)