Around 70 Canadians are stuck in the Gaza Strip and have asked for help, federal government officials said Wednesday.
For Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their families seeking to leave Israel as violent clashes continue, military flights from Tel Aviv to Athens could begin as early as Thursday evening local time.Officials who spoke with reporters on background Wednesday afternoon said approximately 1,000 Canadian citizens and permanent residents in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank have asked for consular help and about 700 of them want to get on a flight out.
Global Affairs Canada said Wednesday afternoon there were 4,227 Canadians registered in Israel and another 475 in the West Bank and Gaza combined, and that the department has responded to 1,990 enquiries since the conflict started last Saturday. The territory’s only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down Wednesday, while hospitals were struggling to treat the injured with dwindling medical supplies.
Foreign ministers of countries in the Arab League called for an immediate ceasefire Wednesday, along with an end to the killing of civilians on both sides, the release of all detainees and an end to Israel’s siege on Gaza. Lantsman noted a spring 2022 parliamentary report on the botched evacuation of Kabul showed weaknesses in Canada’s ability to launch emergency airlifts.
Officials said the planes can accommodate about 150 passengers each, and could get around 400 to 450 people out of Israel per day. David Wallach, a Calgary businessman who moved to Canada from Israel 25 years ago, was in Tel Aviv for a family holiday when the conflict began. Wallach, who is 64, said this is his sixth war. The first was when he was eight years old, and he later served in the military and the reserves.Article content
Joly would not confirm whether any Canadians are being held hostage in Gaza, where militants are holding an estimated 150 people snatched from Israel, but she said three people are missing. “We are still at war. We are counting our bodies. We are still fighting terrorists in our territory,” he said. “This is not the time for negotiation … We will get to that once we finish the military operation.”
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