Trudeau Spoke With Israeli Minister a Day After Being Rebuked by Netanyahu

Minister Benny Gantz says he and Mr. Trudeau discussed the terrorist attack by Hamas and Israel’s right to self-defence.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 4, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held a call with a member of Israel’s war cabinet a day after he pleaded for Israel to exercise “maximum restraint” in Gaza, for which he was later rebuked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mr. Trudeau spoke on Nov. 15 with Benny Gantz, a minister without a portfolio from the political group National Unity in a coalition with Mr. Netanyahu’s Likud party.