Israel-Hamas conflict: Canadian military preparing for possible evacuation from Lebanon | FULL

Canada will be ready to move Canadians trapped in Gaza through the Rafah crossing to Egypt once a humanitarian corridor has been opened, Global Affairs Canada said at a Friday press briefing. Julie Sunday, assistant deputy minister for consular, security and emergency management at the department, said that bringing Canadians out of the Rafah crossing is contingent on aid passing through first.

“It only makes sense that that aid goes in and the gate opens and we have the possibility to also bring people out. So this is what we’re planning for,” she said, adding that Canada is “completely mobilized” to receive Canadians once aid can go through, and has moved in standing rapid deployment team members into Cairo to support that movement.

She said that there have been 33 departures of Canadians from the West Bank to Jordan while the situation in Gaza is still very fluid and the Rafah border crossing into Egypt is still closed to foreign nationals.

Sunday also urged Canadians in Lebanon to get on commercial flights out of Beirut while they still can, adding that about 14,500 Canadians are registered in Lebanon and advising against all travel to that country. The Canadian Armed Forces separately said that it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon.

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