Family members and some non-essential embassy staff from Canada's missions in Tel Aviv and Ramallah have left the region, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) announced late Monday.
"GAC takes all appropriate measures to ensure the safety and security of our personnel, including locally-engaged staff, and operations abroad," said the department in its latest written statement on the situation Israel, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, amid
Assisted departures have now seen more than 1,000 passengers evacuated by air from Tel Aviv and 31 passengers — including Canadians and some foreign nationals — shuttled out of the West Bank. Though, just five minutes before the interview began, the ambassador said she was just in a bomb shelter after rocket sirens sounded.
In his column for CTVNews.ca, political columnist Don Martin contemplates a future with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as prime minister, and what will change should his party win a majority government in the next federal election.More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza Strip ahead of an expected Israeli invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas' leadership after its deadly incursion.
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