Canada will be ready to move Canadians trapped in Gaza through the Rafah crossing to Egypt once a humanitarian corridor has been opened, Global Affairs Canada said Friday.
In a press conference, Julie Sunday, assistant deputy minister for consular, security and emergency management at the department, said that bringing Canadians out of the Rafah crossing is contingent on aid passing through first.
She said Canada is “completely mobilized” to receive Canadians once aid can go through, and has moved in standing rapid deployment team members into Cairo to support that movement. Sunday said that the need is now dwindling for flights out of Israel as commercial options out of Tel Aviv are available though limited. She said that if any Canadians still need to leave Israel, she strongly recommends contacting GAC and taking a seat on a flight if offered one.Sunday said the situation in Gaza is still very fluid and the Rafah border crossing into Egypt is still closed to foreign nationals.
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