Canada is preparing a massive evacuation of its citizens from Lebanon should a full-scale war break out between Israel and Hezbollah, Channel 12 reports.
The report quotes from a conversation held today between Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly.
The report says the conversation was tense and that Joly told Katz that the Canadian military was drawing up plans to evacuate 45,000 people from Lebanon.
Katz reportedly urged Ottawa to put pressure on Hezbollah’s Iranian backers to reign in the terror group.
There was no official read out of the conversation.
However, Katz later posts on X: “Israel cannot allow the Hezbollah terror organization to continue attacking its territory and citizens, and soon we will make the necessary decisions. The free world must unconditionally stand with Israel in its war against the axis of evil led by Iran and extremist Islam.”
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