Israel-Gaza conflict: Canada provides update as death tolls rise | FULL

Canada's federal government provided a briefing on Tuesday regarding the ongoing situation in Israel, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank following recent developments. Officials from Global Affairs Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, and the Department of National Defence will be in attendance.

An Israeli citizen with Canadian roots is confirmed to have died during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that killed 1,400. Tiferet Lapidot, 23, had been missing since attending a music festival where Hamas gunmen killed more than 260 people. Since her family is from Canada, Global Affairs Canada had been treating Lapidot as a Canadian during the aftermath of the Hamas attack.

Five Canadians, not including Lapidot, are known to have died when Hamas gunmen breached the Gaza border with explosives and carried out mass killings. Two are still missing.

In Tel Aviv, non-essential staff working at Canada’s embassy are being directed to leave Israel as security concerns grow, and that some are now doing so, according to a senior government source. Staff members at the embassy who are deemed essential are staying put.

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