Carney Condemns Israel's Lebanon Invasion

0:00Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, just slammed Israel's ground push into Southern Lebanon, calling it an illegal invasion that violates the country's borders. He made the comments Tuesday while speaking to reporters in French and English up in Wakefield, Quebec, stressing that a ceasefire is urgent between Israel and Hezbollah. Earlier this week, Global Affairs Canada echoed that on X, condemning Israel's plans to occupy Southern Territory while urging Hezbollah to drop its weapons and stop attacks. Canada has labeled Hezbollah a terrorist group since 2002, seeing it as Iran backed and aimed at destroying Israel. The conflict exploded after Hezbollah fired missiles at Israel on March 2nd, right after Israel and the US hit Iran. Now over 1.2 million Lebanese are displaced, 1,200 killed there, 10 Israeli soldiers dead including four announced Tuesday and three UN peacekeepers lost earlier this week. Israel's defense forces ordered evacuations in the south

1:03and Beirut suburbs, and their foreign ministers said Tuesday they'll raise homes in border. Villages like they did in Gaza spots. They're setting up a security zone up to the Latani river to block missiles and won't let 600,000 refugees return until northern Israel feels safe. Hezbollah's launched nearly 5,000 drones, rockets, and missiles so far. Strikes keep coming, like Tuesday's hits on Hezbollah sites in Beirut, as Lebanon warns of long-term displacement. With history repeating from last year's clashes where Israel took out Hezbollah's top leader, this one's widening the pain across the region. That's the story for today. Canada news today, driven by AI.