OTTAWA — A total of 75 people connected to Canada finally made it out of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and more departures were planned for Wednesday, Ottawa confirmed, as the federal government worked to get hundreds of Canadians out of the besieged Pal
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced the successful passage of a first group of Canadians into Egypt on Tuesday morning in a video message from Tokyo, where she was meeting with her G7 counterparts to discuss the deadly month-old war between Israel and Hamas.
"As the situation is quite fluid and unpredictable, Canadians should be prepared for significant delays at the Rafah border." Global Affairs said Canadians who were on the"approved list for crossing" were contacted, and Canadian officials are reaching out directly to people on the list who did not cross on Tuesday.
Defence Minister Bill Blair told reporters"it's not anticipated that the military will be required" to bring Canadians who escaped back to Ottawa, because"there are commercial flights available." Israel retaliated by launching a month-long bombing campaign, which the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry says has left more than 10,000 people dead. It reports that more than 40 per cent of those killed have been children. Canada has listed Hamas as a terrorist entity for more than two decades.
Mansour Shouman, a Canadian in Gaza, said his wife and five children were on the evacuation list and received an email from Global Affairs overnight telling them they would be allowed to leave Gaza on Tuesday via the Rafah crossing.
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