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CP NewsAlert: Canada will airlift people from Tel Aviv this week

By The Canadian Press on October 11, 2023.

Israeli soldiers arrive at Sderot, a town close to the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct.11, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government will begin to airlift Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their families from Tel Aviv by the end of the week.

As of Tuesday, Joly says there were 4,249 Canadians registered in Israel and another 476 in the West Bank and Gaza.

More coming.

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