Canada supports UN ceasefire resolution as Israel continues offensive

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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada supported Israel’s right to defend itself but that how it does that matters.

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“What is unfolding before our eyes will only enhance the cycle of violence,” Joly said Tuesday.

“This will not lead to the durable defeat of Hamas.”

Hamas is a listed terrorist entity in Canada.

The vote took place against the backdrop of an ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with an offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers that it says could go on for weeks or months.

More than 17,700 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, around two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory.

About 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have been displaced within the besieged territory, where United Nations agencies say there is no safe place to flee.

With only a trickle of humanitarian aid reaching a small portion of Gaza, residents face severe shortages of food, water and other basic goods.

Israel says 97 of its soldiers have died in its ground offensive after Hamas raided southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 240 hostages.

Qatar, which has played a key mediating role, says efforts to stop the war and have all hostages released will continue, but a willingness to discuss a cease-fire is fading.