Ottawa Warns More Than 20,000 Canadians There Is No Guaranteed Lebanon Evacuation

Buildings are damaged after being hit by an Israeli airstrike on July 30 evening in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on July 31, 2024. The Canadian Press/AP/Hussein Malla

Global Affairs Canada is warning more than 20,000 Canadians in Lebanon that they can’t rely on government evacuation flights if war engulfs that country.

The department says 21,399 Canadians have officially registered as being in Lebanon, though it expects many more are present in the country.