(Ottawa) No, the death of humanitarian workers is not an event that is part of the normal course of a war, contrary to what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, Justin Trudeau scoffed.
Two days after the death of seven humanitarian workers from the World Central Kitchen organization, among whom was a Beauceron father, Jacob Flickinger, 33, the Canadian Prime Minister bluntly criticized the argument put forward by its counterpart in the Hebrew State.
“I don’t agree with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he says: “Ah, these are things that happen in war”… but no! This shouldn’t happen,” said Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of an announcement in Winnipeg on Thursday morning.
“Those who are there to protect civilians must be protected themselves,” he continued, reiterating the demand for the opening of a “transparent and independent” investigation into the Israeli strikes which killed World workers. Central Kitchen.
Chancelleries around the world denounced the act, which Israel described as a “serious error”. The founder of the American charity, Chief Jose Andres, refuted this thesis in an interview with the Reuters news agency on Wednesday.
The three vehicles, he said, were “systematically targeted, one after the other”. According to the account he shared, the first vehicle was attacked, but its passengers were able to reach the second. He was then allegedly beaten. The workers took refuge in the third, which suffered the same fate.
The last two conversations between Justin Trudeau and a representative of the Jewish state were not with his counterpart Netanyahu, but rather with Benny Gantz, a member of the Israeli government’s war cabinet.
The latter called on Wednesday for early legislative elections to be held in September.
According to the latest polls, in the event of early elections, Benny Gantz would be ahead of his political rival, whose popularity has been declining since the unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7, Agence France-Presse wrote on Wednesday.
The organization of early elections requires the agreement of a majority of Knesset deputies. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s party holds the largest number of seats, although without having a majority.
with Agence France-Presse