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submitted 1 month ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

The Canadian government is advising Canadians in Lebanon to leave now while flights are available amid escalating violence between Israel(opens in a new tab) and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Asked about the escalating risk level and an updated travel advisory, Global Affairs Canada said it isn't currently offering Canadians in Lebanon help to leave the country.

"Government assisted evacuations from a foreign country are an option of last resort, when all means of personal and commercial transportation have been exhausted, and the safety and security of its citizens is compromised," Global Affairs Canada spokesperson Kevin Sweet wrote in an email to CTV News on Monday evening.

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[-] MetaCubed@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Except thats not even fully correct either. Hezbollah is also a political party with members who are 100% non-militant civilian members who are only politicians.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They also run charities. Think black panthers.

Its the same with Hamas and the US government. Only a fraction of their staff are military, and only a fraction of that fraction are combatants.

It is a war crime to target non-combatants. So when someone says they want to kill everyone who works for the US government or everyone who works for Hezbollah or everyone who works for Hamas, they're saying that they want to commit war crimes.

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