OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further.
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says close to 45,000 Canadians are in Lebanon months after warning there is no guarantee Ottawa can evacuate them if the situation deteriorates further.
Joly has been urging Canadians to leave the country for months after attacks between Israel and Lebanon.Global Affairs Canada has only provided the number of Canadians who proactively registered with the embassy, a figure that stood at around 21,400 people in July.Joly says she is"very concerned" by escalating violence in Lebanon including the deadly attacks, widely attributed to Israel, involving exploding pagers and walkie-talkies.
Global Affairs Canada has noted reports that children were killed in the attack, which is said to have targeted Hezbollah militants.Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
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