The bombing of a hospital in Gaza was “absolutely unacceptable,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, as federal officials confirmed Canada stands ready in Egypt to help people in the besieged territory get out amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed when a rocket hit a Gaza City hospital where many were sheltering. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry blamed the blast on an Israeli air strike, while Israel's military said after Trudeau's remarks that the strike was a result of a misfire by a group of Palestinian militants.
Canada is among countries working to get a humanitarian corridor established to see that humanitarian aid like medical supplies and staff can enter the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.More than a million Palestinians in Gaza were told by Israel's military late last week to leave their homes in the north and flee to the territory's south ahead of a potential ground invasion.
“They have to make sure that for them to go into Gaza, not only to bring in supplies but to actually help people with medical needs and so on, they have to be 100 per cent sure that their workers will be protected.” An earlier plan to allow foreign nations to leave through the border with Egypt fell through on the weekend.
Earlier in the day, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said it is also time for Canadians living in Lebanon to leave while the option to take a commercial flight still exists. Sunday acknowledged that leaving is a difficult choice to make, while Joly said earlier in the day that if Canadians in Israel qualify for a spot, they should take it.
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