A Toronto immigration lawyer says family members of Canadians are dying in Gaza as the federal immigration department drags its heels approving visas through a special program launched in 2024.

President Donald Trump seemed to be recalibrating his stance on Gaza on Monday, expressing concern about the humanitarian situation and urging Israel’s leader to take action as images of emaciated children have emerged.

Gaza is suffering 'man-made mass starvation' caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World-Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said, as more than 100

Israel rejects joint statement that calls killing of more than 800 Palestinians who were seeking aid ‘horrifying’

A group of 25 Western countries said Israel must immediately end its war in Gaza and criticized what they called the "inhumane killing" of Palestinians.

A joint statement by 28 countries including Britain, Japan and Canada is calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. They say that the 21-month war “must end now."

Lyons’ departure means that both Canada and the United States do not have anyone in their antisemitism envoy roles. President Donald Trump has announced his pick for the role of antisemitism envoy, a Hasidic fixer named Yehuda Kaploun, but Congress has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing for the nominee nearly six months into his term.

Some of Israel’s closest allies have stepped up criticism of its restrictions on aid to Gaza, where doctors and aid organizations say people are dying of starvation.