Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his authorities is “actively engaged” after a Palestinian-Canadian was reported lacking within the Gaza Strip.
Mansour Shouman was within the area to assist doc ongoing humanitarian efforts amid the raging Israel-Hamas conflict.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his authorities is “actively engaged” after a Palestinian Canadian was reported lacking within the Gaza Strip. Mansour Shouman was documenting humanitarian efforts through the Israel-Hamas conflict, and a member of a group supporting him in that work stated family members misplaced contact with him greater than per week in the past. Shouman is proven in an undated handout photograph.
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A member of a group that was supporting him in that work says family members misplaced contact with him greater than per week in the past.
International Affairs Canada confirmed on the weekend that it was conscious of a Canadian who’s lacking in Gaza.
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The division stated it was working to watch the scenario and was in direct contact with members of the family.
No different particulars had been disclosed for privateness causes.
“We’re actively engaged on this. We’re speaking to everybody. We’re taking this one very significantly,” Trudeau stated Wednesday.
Zaheera Soomar, who labored with Shouman, stated they heard early final week that he’d been seen at a hospital within the south of the Gaza Strip however was headed for Rafah.
That’s the placement of the crossing level with Egypt by which Canadians have been capable of exit the territory.
Soomar stated three eyewitnesses then instructed the group Shouman was taken final Tuesday by Israel Protection Forces whereas on the way in which to Rafah.
These eyewitness stories couldn’t be independently verified.
Shouman beforehand did oil and fuel consulting work in Calgary and is the daddy of 5 kids who left Gaza together with his spouse final 12 months for Abu Dhabi, the place his mom resides.
He stayed behind in Gaza when his household left as a result of he felt an obligation to doc the conflict and its ramifications.
Gaza has been underneath fixed bombardment as Israel retaliates in opposition to Hamas, which controls the territory, for a brutal assault on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 individuals and noticed one other 250 taken hostage.
Amid a large army response from Israel, the Hamas-run well being ministry says greater than 26,000 individuals have been killed, together with militants.
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