As Canada Evacuates Citizens in Israel, Some Israeli-Canadians Don’t Want to Leave

As Canada Evacuates Citizens in Israel, Some Israeli-Canadians Don’t Want to Leave
Shawna Goodman-Sone and her husband Todd Sone, a Canadian couple who now live in Israel, are shown in a handout photo. The Canadian Press/HO-Shawna Goodman-Sone
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As Shawna Goodman-Sone spoke to a reporter from a suburb of Tel-Aviv on Oct. 18, she had to end the call abruptly and seek refuge in her home’s safe room as an air raid warning went off.

Before fleeing into the reinforced room, she spoke about moving to Israel from Montreal nine years ago—and why she has decided to stay in the country despite the war with Hamas.