How Canada’s ‘off-the-record’ arms exports end up in Israel
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/15/how-canadas-off-the-record-arms-exports-end-up-in-israel
The United States has faced widespread condemnation this week for authorising the sale of more than $20bn in additional weapons to Israel as the top US ally wages war on the Gaza Strip.
But while the newly approved arms transfer has renewed global scrutiny of Washington’s unwavering support for Israel, in Canada, the announcement on Tuesday drew attention for a different reason.
That’s because more than $60m worth of munitions will be manufactured by a weapons company in Canada as part of that sale.
Canadian lawyers, rights advocates and other experts say this raises serious questions about the opaque nature of the country’s arms export regime.
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Doctor says 80 percent of amputations he performed in Gaza were on children
A US-based vascular surgeon who recently visited Gaza says he has never had to do so many paediatric operations in his life.
“I am trained to save arms and legs. In the two weeks I spent in Gaza, I’ve done everything except save legs and arms. I was amputating legs and arms to save lives. And that by itself is really bad,” Bara Zuhaili told Al Jazeera.
“Even worse … 80 percent of the amputations I did were on kids. And when I say kids, I don’t mean kids under 18. I mean kids who are under the age of eight.”
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than more than 16,400 children have been killed since the war on Gaza began in October.
Asked if he would go back to the war-torn enclave, Zuhaili said he “absolutely” would. “I said it before, and I would say it again; I’ve never felt more human. I’ve never felt more empowered in my life than my time in Gaza,” he said.
Rights group says about 45 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has said that Israeli authorities have released about 45 prisoners from the occupied West Bank from Israeli custody.
The NGO said that some of the released prisoners had completed their sentences, while others were administrative detainees who were held without charge or trial.
The MP and former minister of endowments Nayef Rajoub from Hebron was reportedly among those released after spending 10 months of administrative detention.
