Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie said on Friday she landed in Israel where she will meet with departing Canadian nationals and assess the humanitarian impact of the ongoing conflict on Israelis and Palestinians.
Earlier today, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said that Joly would be leaving for a three-day trip to Israel and Jordan to reaffirm Ottawa’s support to the Jewish State and discuss humanitarian efforts to protect civilians affected by the Israel-Gaza war.
“I’m in Israel to extend Canada’s support to those impacted by the terrorist attack by Hamas. I’ll meet with Canadians who are on their way home and with officials to better understand the situation on the ground and the humanitarian impact on Israeli and Palestinian civilians,” Joly said via X (formerly Twitter).
Joly is set to reaffirm Canada’s Support to Israel and its right to self-defence in accordance with the so-called international law, discuss the impacts of Hamas’ attack on Israel and the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip.
Canada’s top diplomat will also reiterate the necessity of abiding by international humanitarian law, and push collective efforts to ensure the swift and unimpeded passage of humanitarian aid, as well as the protection of Israeli and Palestinian civilians
As of yesterday, two evacuation flights manned by the Canadian Armed Forces had left Tel-Aviv in direction of Athens, with both citizens and permanent residents on board.
The Canadian government has said that 4,200 Canadians are currently registered in Israel and 475 in the Palestinian West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
