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Palestinians arrive at the border crossing to Egypt in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, November 13, 2023. Canadians who escaped the Gaza Strip are desperate to help the family they behind, but say Canada’s definition of family means their loved ones’ lives are in danger indefinitely. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali

Gaza evacuees question Canada’s policy for who it will help evacuate

Some evacuees say Canada’s restrictions meant they had to leave loved ones behind

Palestinians arrive at the border crossing to Egypt in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, November 13, 2023. Canadians who escaped the Gaza Strip are desperate to help the family they behind, but say Canada’s definition of family means their loved ones’ lives are in danger indefinitely. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali
Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Israel’s consul general in Toronto says Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver has been found dead. She was previously believed to be taken hostage in the Hamas attack on her community near the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ariel Schalit

Canadian feared taken hostage in Hamas attack dead in Israel, reports say

Peace activist Vivian Silver has been found dead, according to media and government sources

Israeli soldiers walk past houses destroyed by Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be’eri, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Israel’s consul general in Toronto says Canadian-Israeli peace activist Vivian Silver has been found dead. She was previously believed to be taken hostage in the Hamas attack on her community near the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ariel Schalit
Adva Rozenblit mourns over the coffin of her son staff Sgt. Gilad Rozenblit , 21, in Kibbutz Ginegar, northern Israel, Sunday Nov. 12, 2023. He was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Medics and patients stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

Patients include about a dozen premature babies

Adva Rozenblit mourns over the coffin of her son staff Sgt. Gilad Rozenblit , 21, in Kibbutz Ginegar, northern Israel, Sunday Nov. 12, 2023. He was killed during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
People take part in a Pro-Palestine rally in Montreal on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Protesters demonstrate across Canada as Israel-Hamas war rages

As the latest war between Israel and Hamas intensified half a world…

People take part in a Pro-Palestine rally in Montreal on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Palestinians and foreign aid workers wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair

Border still closed between Gaza and Egypt as Canadians wait

A U.S. spokesperson told reporters the closure was because of a ‘security circumstance’

Palestinians and foreign aid workers wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair
Palestinians with dual nationality register to cross to Egypt on the Gaza Strip side of the border crossing in Rafah on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Hatem Ali

Flow of Canadians out of Gaza stops as Trudeau pleads for end to violence

Prime Minister makes plea that officials get back on track to a two-state solution for conflict

Palestinians with dual nationality register to cross to Egypt on the Gaza Strip side of the border crossing in Rafah on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Hatem Ali
A Palestinian Hamas policeman guards the departure gate of the Gaza seaport as fishing boats prepare to attempt to sail for Europe, carrying people including students and medical patients unable to leave through overland crossings, as a protest against the blockade of Gaza, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. In May Palestinian activists also set sail in defiance of years of an Israeli and Egyptian naval blockade on the Gaza Strip but were turned back by Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

59 Canadians and people connected to them have departed Gaza for Egypt

‘Finally, the first group of Canadians were evacuated out of Gaza’

A Palestinian Hamas policeman guards the departure gate of the Gaza seaport as fishing boats prepare to attempt to sail for Europe, carrying people including students and medical patients unable to leave through overland crossings, as a protest against the blockade of Gaza, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. In May Palestinian activists also set sail in defiance of years of an Israeli and Egyptian naval blockade on the Gaza Strip but were turned back by Israel. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Palestinians and foreign aid workers wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians looking to flee Gaza continue to await confirmation on when they can cross into Egypt, with no official announcement yet from Global Affairs Canada on a date or time, one month after the latest Israel-Hamas war began. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Fatima Shbair

Canadians finally starting to make their way out of war-torn Gaza

A cohort of Canadian citizens and their loved ones have been given the green light today

Palestinians and foreign aid workers wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians looking to flee Gaza continue to await confirmation on when they can cross into Egypt, with no official announcement yet from Global Affairs Canada on a date or time, one month after the latest Israel-Hamas war began. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Fatima Shbair
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on March 7, 2023. On Nov. 6, 2023 she released a statement calling on the province to take action on hate, amid a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Action needed to combat rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia in B.C.: advocate

Human Rights Commissioner says anti-hate recommendations she made 1 year ago have yet to be enacted

B.C. Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender speaks in Vancouver, on March 7, 2023. On Nov. 6, 2023 she released a statement calling on the province to take action on hate, amid a rise in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Omar Mansour (left) visits with family members in Gaza in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Omar Mansour

B.C. man’s Gaza family ponders if it’s better to face death together or apart?

Permanent resident living in Vancouver trying to stay in touch with family throughout conflict

Omar Mansour (left) visits with family members in Gaza in a handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Omar Mansour
Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don’t appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair

Canadians stuck in Gaza tentatively set to leave as early as Monday

Timing depends largely on how conflict is impacting the Rafah border in Egypt

Palestinians arrive at Rafah, the border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Canadians awaiting word on when they can leave the war-torn Gaza Strip by crossing into Egypt still don’t appear to have the green light to begin their journey home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fatima Shbair
Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Saturday, Now. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians look at the destruction after Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis, Saturday, Now. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians carry a dead person from under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Israeli warplanes hit refugee camps in Gaza Strip, killing scores

Strike comes despite calls from U.S. for fighting pause to aid civilians

Palestinians carry a dead person from under the rubble of a destroyed house following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at a hotel during a day of meetings, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.(Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Arab leaders push for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire now

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned that such a move would be counterproductive

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani at a hotel during a day of meetings, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Amman, Jordan, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.(Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)
Canadians remained off the list of approved foreign citizens to exit the Gaza Strip as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs reconfirmed that Canadians and their families will be able to leave in the coming days. Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair

Canadian government tells people stuck in Gaza they could leave ‘as early as Sunday’

So far Canadians have been excluded from the lists of those approved to depart

Canadians remained off the list of approved foreign citizens to exit the Gaza Strip as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs reconfirmed that Canadians and their families will be able to leave in the coming days. Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt at Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Fatima Shbair
Pro-Palestine demonstrators emerge after a sit-in protest inside of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in Toronto, Monday, Oct., 30, 2023. Demonstrations in support of Gaza are planned in at least two dozen Canadian cities today as the death toll in the Palestinian territory continues to mount. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Demonstrations in support of Gaza planned in at least 2 dozen Canadian cities

Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry reports more than 9,440 Palestinians have died in the war

Pro-Palestine demonstrators emerge after a sit-in protest inside of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in Toronto, Monday, Oct., 30, 2023. Demonstrations in support of Gaza are planned in at least two dozen Canadian cities today as the death toll in the Palestinian territory continues to mount. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Palestinains wait at the border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada has asked him to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave’s border crossing with Egypt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali

Canadian man in Gaza says Ottawa has asked him to be prepared to leave with family

Nasser is sheltering at a refugee camp that’s a 20-minute drive away from the Rafah border crossing

Palestinains wait at the border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. A Canadian man trying to get out of Gaza with his family says Global Affairs Canada has asked him to gather his documents and be prepared to leave at any moment through the enclave’s border crossing with Egypt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Hatem Ali
Palestinian day laborers in Israel arrive in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being brought by Israeli authorities Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Thousands of day laborers from Gaza were in Israel when the war started. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel deports thousands of Palestinian workers back to Gaza’s war zone

Roughly 18,000 Palestinians from Gaza allowed to work in menial jobs in Israel

Palestinian day laborers in Israel arrive in the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom crossing after being brought by Israeli authorities Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Thousands of day laborers from Gaza were in Israel when the war started. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits onboard the plane during his visit to Israel as he departs en route to Jordan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Blinken is in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Israeli strikes kill multiple civilians at shelters in Gaza combat zone

The new attacks came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in the region

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits onboard the plane during his visit to Israel as he departs en route to Jordan, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Blinken is in Israel to press for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into besieged Gaza. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)