Toronto residents with family trapped in Gaza are pleading for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to push for a ceasefire and take action to get trapped Canadians out of Gaza as ongoing bombing continues in the besieged enclave killing thousands.
Families called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at a news conference Thursday at Palestine House Toronto. As of Thursday, some 7,028 Palestinians had been killed, including 2,913 children, Gaza's health ministry said. Israel says Hamas killed 1,400 people including children, and took more than 200 hostages.
"Every day, innocent lives are being lost and the situation is spiraling into an even greater catastrophe," she said. "We implore the Canadian government to use its diplomatic influence to help broker an end to this conflict, to put an end to the suffering and to bring about justice." The families are calling on the Canadian government to demand a ceasefire, to lift the blockade of the Gaza Strip, and allow humanitarian aid, food, water and medical supplies to enter and reach Gazans.
"Everyday you find people being taken to the graveyards. Around me are thousands of refugees, people who think that staying inside a hospital will keep them safer." "The Palestinian people and the Canadian Palestinian people are very disappointed by the Trudeau government's stance against the people here in Gaza," Mansour said.
Alhamadni fled Gaza in 2019. His refugee claim was approved in 2020 and he asked the federal government to grant an emergency permit to bring his wife and three children to Canada the following year.
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