Missing Israeli With Ties to Canada Dead, Joly Calls for Canadians to Leave Lebanon

Missing Israeli With Ties to Canada Dead, Joly Calls for Canadians to Leave Lebanon
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly speaks to media as she arrives for a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 17, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says an Israeli with ties to Canada who had been missing is now confirmed dead, amid the continued fallout from Hamas’s recent surprise attacks on Israel.

Joly is offering condolences to the family of Tiferet Lapidot, who she said was one of three Canadians reported missing after Hamas attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 people and setting off a war that has left more than 4,000 dead on both sides.