Finally, Canada stops following the US. Petitions and writing elective representatives in numbers does pay off now and then. (And bringing a lawsuit against her)
Canada to cease arms exports to Israel
In comments to the Toronto Star, Canadian FM Mélanie Joly said the country will implement a non-binding resolution passed by Canadian lawmakers that calls for an end to “the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel to ensure compliance with Canada’s arms export regime and increase efforts to stop the illegal trade of arms, including to Hamas”.
“It’s a real thing,” Joly told the Toronto Star, when asked about the move.
The Canadian Parliament said that its decision comes within the framework of Ottawa’s support for the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of detainees, the two-state solution and support for the decisions of the International Court of Justice in the case filed by South Africa against Israel on charges of genocide.
In response, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz has said on X that this move “undermines Israel’s right to self-defense”. “History will judge Canada’s current action harshly. Israel will continue to fight until Hamas is destroyed and all hostages are returned home,” his post said.
Nah history will still condemn Canada for its flip flop non committal stance, but at least sees sense finally. Funding to UNWRA restored, no more arms exports. Now work harder on getting that ceasefire. Joly, next talk some sense into our Southern neighbors.
Meanwhile in Gaza, after Israel killed the police, now they're targeting tribes helping with aid delivery. Kuwait roundabout bombed again.
Tribal aid workers targeted in Gaza City, 23 killed
In the past hour, there has been a surge in attacks on the people of northern Gaza City. Israeli fighter jets targeted the Kuwait roundabout, the main food distribution site for the area.
A group of Palestinians responsible for aid supplies and deliveries was hit. These are local “popular committees” formed to coordinate various tribes in the humanitarian relief effort in northern Gaza, after complete chaos broke out because of the lack of food over the past few weeks.
They were working to ensure the safe distribution of desperately needed aid to UN centres. At least 23 were killed.
Hamas: Israel’s attacks on Gaza officials prove it seeks to disrupt truce negotiations
In a statement, Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’s political bureau, says that Israel’s strategy in attacking police officers and government officials in the Gaza Strip is to “spread chaos and perpetuate bloodshed”.
Yesterday, the Gaza Government Media Office said the Israeli military had “assassinated” General Fayeq al-Mabhouh, who was in charge of coordinating humanitarian aid going into northern Gaza with local tribes, as well as the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees.
It said in a statement that the general was engaging in civilian humanitarian work when he was killed and should have, therefore, been protected under international law. “This also reflects the occupation leaders’ attempt to sabotage the negotiations taking place in Doha,” Haniyeh’s statement today continued.
“We affirm that all of this will not succeed in achieving this criminal plan, and the movement will remain committed to the rights of our people and their clear demands to stop the aggression, withdraw, and return the displaced.”
At least 15 killed in Israeli strike on Nuseirat
At least 15 people were killed by an Israeli air strike targeting a house in the al Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Palestinian health officials told Reuters news agency. Medics said rescue operations were still under way as some victims were believed to be trapped under the rubble of the three-floor building.
Palestinian journalist Omar al-Dirawi uploaded video to his Instagram account, verified by Al Jazeera, that shows the arrival of those injured in the attack at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
Israeli army targets car in Nuseirat, killing five
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip says that five people are dead, including at least one child, and others wounded after the Israeli army bombed a car in front of an office of the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza refuge camp.
The Palestinian Shehab news agency reports that the target of the raid was Nuseirat Police Director Mahmoud Al-Bayoumi, who died in the attack along with the other occupants of the car.
