Damaged residential buildings are seen in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, near Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City October 30, 2023.
REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Masri Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Canada's foreign minister on Monday reiterated a call for a humanitarian pause in the conflict in Gaza, and said there is little time left to get Canadians and hostages out while delivering badly needed aid.
"Four hundred Canadians are trapped in Gaza, they are living in fear and despair... And that is why we need humanitarian pauses, a humanitarian truce, in Gaza," Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in the text of a speech to the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto.
Israel's widening ground attacks on Gaza have spurred international calls for a "humanitarian pause" to allow aid in.
In a wide-ranging policy speech, Joly also addressed tensions with India after Canada said Indian agents were linked to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader - and Canadian citizen - in British Columbia.
Persons:
Mohammed Al, Masri, Melanie Joly, Joly, " Joly, Steve Scherer, Jonathan Oatis
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REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, Economic, of Canada, Thomson
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Al, Quds, Gaza City, Gaza, Toronto, Israel, Qatar, Egypt, United States, India, Canada, British Columbia