Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canadian officials are monitoring the situation in the Middle East “closely” after reports Iran fired air defences to thwart a suspected Israeli drone attack Friday morning.
Her comment, posted on the social media platform X early on Friday, came as G7 foreign ministers are currently meeting in Italy, and issued a joint statement on the matter Friday morning.
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This continues Canada’s push for the de-escalation of conflict in the region that has been ongoing since the Hamas attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, which saw roughly 1,200 people in Israel killed and more than 200 taken hostage.
Since then, Israel has launched a military campaign in Gaza to destroy Hamas. Since then, over 30,000 people have been killed in the conflict, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.
The G7 foreign ministers say they have “great concern” with the “unacceptable number of civilians” who have been killed or displaced in Gaza. They emphasize the need to establish the concrete, stable flow of aid into the embattled territory.
— with files from The Associated Press.
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