Canada preparing for military evacuations from Lebanon as clashes with Israel grow
Global News
Canadian Armed Forces officials told reporters in Ottawa on Friday that military officials are in Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus and Greece to prepare for a possible civilian evacuation.
The Canadian Armed Forces said Friday it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon, as Israel began evacuating a large town near its own northern border with that country.
Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah, which has a massive arsenal of long-range rockets, has been trading fire with Israel along their shared border since the latest Israel-Hamas conflict began on Oct. 7.
Hezbollah has also hinted that it might join the conflict if Israel seeks to annihilate Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. Israel is widely expected to launch a ground offensive into Gaza as part of its conflict with Hamas in response to its unprecedented attack on civilians in southern Israel.
Maj.-Gen. Darcy Molstad, deputy commander of the Canadian Joint Operations Command, told reporters in Ottawa on Friday that military officials are in Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus and Greece to prepare for a possible civilian evacuation.
On Wednesday evening, Global Affairs Canada began advising against all travel to Lebanon “due to a deteriorating security situation, civil unrest, the increased risk of terrorist attack and the ongoing armed conflict with Israel.”
Earlier in the week, the federal government had recommended Canadians avoid “non-essential” travel to Lebanon.
Julie Sunday, the assistant deputy minister at Global Affairs Canada in charge of consular cases, said Friday that about 14,500 Canadians are registered with the federal government as being in Lebanon. She said she was pleased that more people in the country have been adding themselves to Canada’s registry.
She urged them to take commercial flights out of the capital city of Beirut while they still can.
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