Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly condemned Iran's missile attacks on Israel and called for a de-escalation of the conflict. She also urged Canadians in Lebanon to leave immediately as Israel launched a ground operation against Hezbollah targets.
OTTAWA — As war spread in the Middle East on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly"unequivocally" condemned Iran 's move to fire dozens of missiles into Israel but asked the Jewish state not to respond in a bid to avoid further escalation.
In the House of Commons, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre demanded the government say unequivocally that Israel has the right to defend itself. Both Defence Minister Bill Blair and Joly insisted they still believe a diplomatic solution is possible. She said 200 people had taken advantage of the available seats over the weekend, and 200 more were on a flight to Istanbul on Tuesday.
The officials said they should be able to book 1,000 seats in total this week, a figure that included the flights that already departed. The department said it will approach Canadians who declined a seat to continually offer one. Germany has used military aircraft to evacuate the families of embassy workers and German citizens with medical issues.The latest escalation comes almost a year after a deadly Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7, in which some 1,200 people were killed and another 250 were abducted.
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