Ottawa has asked Israel to investigate Canadian's killing in Lebanon: Anand
Posted on: Apr 21, 2026 21:07 IST | Posted by: Cbc
canadian river officials summoned Israeli embassador Iddo Moed endure hebdomad to call for an investigation into the killing of Mohammad Hassan Haidar, a Canadian citizen in southern Lebanon, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday.
Tomasi said Sa'ar's ministry has agreed to conduct a probe.
"We were very adamant that this investigation is extremely important," Anand said.
Haidar's family said in an emotional news conference in Windsor, Ont., last week that he was killed in a drone attack on April 10, in the southern Lebanon community of Qana while trying to assist someone who was injured right outside his home.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the incident.
It is the third time Anand has summoned Moed for a démarche, a diplomatic tool sometimes used to lodge a complaint with another country, since last spring.
In May 2025, Anand issued a summons over the Israeli military firing shots near a diplomatic delegation that included Canadians. At the time, the military said the delegation had "deviated" from an approved route.
In December, Anand summoned Moed again after a delegation of Canadian MPs was blocked from entering the West Bank and Jerusalem. The Israeli government at the time said the MPs were sponsored by a group it considers a terrorist organization, though different parliamentarians undertaking much the same route earlier in the year, sponsored by the same organization, had been allowed entry.
Canada summoned Israeli ambassador, requested investigation into killing of Canadian in Lebanon
It is also not the first time the Canadian government has asked Israel to probe its military's actions. In August 2024, then-International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said he had requested an investigation into a demolished Canadian water treatment plant in Gaza.
Earlier that year, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said he wanted some "very clear answers" on how a Canadian aid worker, Jacob Flickinger, was killed during a strike in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces published a statement on that strike, saying it was a mistake and expressing its regret.
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