A total of 59 people connected to Canada finally made it out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Ottawa confirmed, as the federal government worked to get hundreds of Canadians out of the besieged Palestinian territory.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced the successful passage of a first group of Canadians into Egypt on Tuesday morning in a video message from Tokyo, where she was meeting with her G7 counterparts to discuss the deadly month-old war between Israel and Hamas.
“As the situation is quite fluid and unpredictable, Canadians should be prepared for significant delays at the Rafah border.” Global Affairs said Canadians who were on the “approved list for crossing” were contacted, and Canadian officials are reaching out directly to people on the list who did not cross on Tuesday.
Blair said Canada is expecting those fleeing Gaza to pay for flights on their own, but he added that if people are unable to afford the cost, Global Affairs Canada can tap into what he described as “provisions” to assist them. He said Air Canada had no longer been flying into Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport in the wake of the attacks, and that significant limits had been placed on the ability of commercial flights to operate.
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