The destroyed tent where journalists were killed by an Israeli airstrike, Aug. 11. The statement comes after Canada and others condemned Israel for deliberately killing six journalists earlier this month, including Al Jazeera reporter Anas Al-Sharif.

Canada has taken the rare step of not signing onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories.

Ottawa co-founded the Media Freedom Coalition in 2020 and has signed more than 65 statements on issues ranging from legislation in Georgia and arrests in Venezuela, to Burkina Faso sanctioning journalists and Russia detaining Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

But Ottawa is not among the 27 countries which “

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