Canada warned Saturday that citizens in Lebanon should leave that country while they still can. There is significant concern that as fighting intensifies in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah — an Iran-backed Lebanese political party and armed movement that supports Hamas — could fully enter into the conflict. There have already been clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border.
An estimated 40,000 to 75,000 Canadians are living in Lebanon at any given time, according to government data.
They are there in case things go sideways and we need to get Canadians out. You’d want people who are trained to make decisions quickly in a warzone and act independently in the midst of chaos.
NATO is not involved in this matter. This is an Israeli/Middle East conflict.
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