Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 7, 2023, as flights are canceled because of the Hamas surprise attacks. The conflict sparked major disruption at Tel Aviv airport, with American Airlines, Emirates, Lufthansa and Ryanair among carriers with cancelled flights. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images)
As fighting between the militant group Hamas and the Israeli military continues in Gaza, Canada has joined other countries in condemning the violence and warning its citizens to take precautions.·Passengers look at a departure board at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday as multiple flights were cancelled after a surprise attack by Hamas.
The Canadian government said it expects military operations to continue in Gaza. Global Affairs Canada has received nearly 100 inquiries about the fighting but said it has no reports of any Canadian casualties. There are currently 1,419 Canadians registered with the state of Israel and 492 Canadians registered in the Palestinian territories, according to Global Affairs.
Around 3 a.m., a loudspeaker atop a mosque in Gaza City blared a stark warning to residents of nearby apartment buildings to evacuate immediately. Just minutes later, an Israeli airstrike reduced a nearby five-storey building to ashes.Hamas operation designed to 'change the status quo,' expert saysHamas militants caught Israel off guard with a barrage of rocket attacks and surprise infiltration of its borders on Saturday.
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