The identity of this seventh person has not been confirmed by Global Affairs Canada.

The place and circumstances of death were also not specified.

The Canadian government is “supporting seven Canadian families who lost their lives in current hostilities,” Global Affairs said in a press release.

A few hours later, the ministry provided a “clarification” to its statement: it was a “seventh Canada-related death in Israel.”

It said there were “six Canadian citizens and one person with close ties to Canada.”

Two Canadians are also still missing, Global Affairs Canada reported in an update dated Wednesday, October 25, and provided on Thursday, October 26.

Currently, more than 5,765 Canadians on the list of Canadians abroad are registered in Israel, 451 Canadians are registered in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and 17,135 are registered in Lebanon.

As for Israel, the operation to evacuate Canadians ended on Monday.

In total, more than 1,600 citizens, permanent residents and their family members will board the 19 Canadian Forces flights between Tel Aviv and Athens.

The fate of the hundreds of Canadians stuck in the Gaza Strip remains uncertain, although humanitarian convoys have been able to cross the border between Egypt and the enclave at the Rafah crossing.

Ottawa calls for “humanitarian pause” to free hostages and civilians trapped in Gaza.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a point of distinguishing between a “ceasefire” and a humanitarian “pause.”

This serves, on the one hand, to ally with allies such as the United States and, on the other hand, to signal that the Jewish state has the right to defend itself.

“Humanitarian breaks actually serve three purposes. Firstly, so that humanitarian aid can reach the people of Gaza,” the prime minister said on Wednesday.

Then we want to “facilitate the release of the hostages” and “the removal of civilians, particularly Canadians and other citizens,” he continued.

“But we recognize that Israel has the right to defend itself and that it must do so [dans le respect du] Humanitarian law, international law, and we continue to monitor this,” he concluded.