Canada invokes Israel’s ambassador after Israeli defense forces fired near a diplomatic delegation in the West Bank who included four Canadians, Anita Ananda, Minister of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
The FDI says that no one was injured in the incident.
“Raised to know that our team is safe”, ” Anand said in a post on X.
“I asked my officials to summon the ambassador of Israel to express the serious concerns of Canada. We expect a complete investigation and responsibility. ”
In a declarationA TSAhal spokesperson said that the diplomatic group touring the city of Jenin had “diverted” from his approved route and that the soldiers fired warning to make him move away from an area that they were not allowed to visit.
The FDI said it launched an investigation into what happened and would speak with the diplomats concerned to update them on its conclusions.
Jean-Noël Barrot, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that in a position on social networks, the situation was unacceptable and the Israelian ambassador to France was summoned to explain it.
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Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani said that he also appealed to the Israeli ambassador to Italy to explain the incident.
In a joint declaration published earlier this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron threatened to impose “targeted sanctions” on Israel in response to his military offensive renewal in Gaza and the “totally inadequate” quantity of authorized food aid.
The letter also indicated the opposition of leaders to “any attempt” to expand the Israeli regulation in the West Bank.
In a social media position Monday evening, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the three leaders of “offering a huge price” in Hamas with their joint declaration.
Hamas, which is listed as a terrorist entity in Canada, welcomed the letter in an online statement on Tuesday, calling it “an important step in the right direction”.
Conservative leader Pierre Hairyvre said on x this week That Hamas’ declaration shows that Canada must adopt the opposite of its current conflict approach.
“Menate Israel with sanctions and” other concrete actions “while a terrorist group at their borders holds their citizens hostage and refuses to stop attacking Israel is false,” he said.
On Tuesday, the United Kingdom issued sanctions against what it called three people, two “illegal settlers” and two organizations “supporting violence against the Palestinian communities” in the West Bank.
Canada has sanctioned people and individuals for violence of extremist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank in the past. The last series of sanctions was announced in September of last year.
– with Canadian press files
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