Overview
- Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office says CAF members on Operation Jade are safe and accounted for after Sunday’s interception near the Israel–Lebanon border.
- Officials reported damage at UNIFIL’s Camp Naqoura, but no information was released on the extent or on Canadian personnel at the site.
- The Department of National Defence declined to confirm how many Canadians are deployed, citing operational security.
- The government shared the camp damage reports after Conservative criticism over earlier nondisclosure of a reported strike on a Kuwaiti base hosting Canadians.
- McGuinty’s office also confirmed Canadian military personnel and civilians were among NATO staff pulled out of Iraq during recent retaliatory attacks.