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Canada plans to evacuate citizens on military flights
10 October 2023 23:42 BST
Canada plans to evacuate its civilians from Israel in the coming days with aircraft from the Canadian armed forces, the foreign minister said.
Canada joins a host of countries trying to bring stranded citizens home after flights were canceled amid fighting.
Spain said Monday it had sent two military aircraft to Israel to evacuate some 500 Spaniards.
Meanwhile, German airline Lufthansa plans to operate special flights to evacuate German citizens from Israel on Thursday and Friday, the German foreign office said.