As the crisis in the Middle East intensifies by the day, Canadians are growing more fearful for the safety of their family members still there.
As Global's Jayme Doll reports, despite a feeling of helplessness many are still holding onto hope of a ceasefire.Lebanese Albertans are desperately trying to get their loved ones to safety as Israel ramps up airstrikes and a ground offensive against“They are now displaced, they are hiding in the mountains, and they are just like anticipating every day there are strikes and nobody knows what is the next step,” she said from her Calgary home.
He would not say if there were any plans for the federal government to send chartered flights to help with the evacuation. “I’m online with my dad, my cousins, friends, making sure everyone is ok everyone is in there shelters my husbands parents don’t have a bomb shelter so they hide under their stairwell,” said Ortal Luzon, an Israeli Calgarian.“It’s doesn’t leave you. It happens and although we are here and they are there, it’s very much part of our lives,” she said.
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