August 8, 2024 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada

Global Affairs Canada issued the following statement today:

“The health, safety and protection of Canadian diplomatic personnel and their families remains a priority for the Government of Canada.

“Given the unpredictable security situation, Canada has decided to temporarily relocate the dependent children of Canadian employees outside of Tel Aviv. The dependent children of Canadian Embassy employees in Israel and their legal guardians have arrived in a third country, they are safe and no one is missing.

“We continue to monitor the situation closely and the safety of Canadians remains our top priority.” On August 3, 2024, we updated our travel advisory for Canadians to avoid travel to Israel and continued travel to the West Bank.

“We encourage all Canadians residing in Israel or the West Bank to regularly consult our Travel advice and warnings and register with the Registering the service for Canadians abroad.

“The Canadian Embassy in Israel and the Canadian Representative Office in Ramallah remain open and consular services are available. Canadians requiring consular assistance may contact the Canadian Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv by telephone at +972 3 636 3300 or by email at taviv.consular@international.gc.ca, or contact the Canadian Representative Office in Ramallah, West Bank, by telephone at +972 2 297 8430 or by email at RMLAH-Consul@international.gc.ca.

“Canadians requiring emergency consular assistance may also contact Global Affairs Canada’s Emergency Watch and Response Centre, open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:

• by phone at +1 613 996 8885
• by email to sos@international.gc.ca
• by SMS to +1 613 686 3658
• via WhatsApp at +1 613 909 8881
• from Signal at +1 613 909 8087 »