Canada Booking Seats on Flights out of Lebanon as Violence Escalates

Canada Booking Seats on Flights out of Lebanon as Violence Escalates
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly speaks with reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on May 21, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Global Affairs Canada is booking blocks of seats on some commercial flights leaving Lebanon to help Canadians who are trying to flee as Israeli strikes escalated today.

Israel launched its most powerful strikes on Beirut since the latest escalation began, destroying six buildings in a suburb as the Israeli Defense Force struck the headquarters of Hezbollah.