A tent camp abandoned by displaced Palestinians who dismantled their tents to flee Gaza City, on Friday.

Canada, which is preparing shortly to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, will nevertheless withhold full normalization of relations until the territory’s leadership delivers on commitments they made, including releasing Israeli hostages, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.

Speaking to reporters Friday during a visit with Prime Minister Mark Carney to Mexico, Ms. Anand said she intended to speak the same day with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas to drive home this point.

She said Canada’s conditions include Hamas laying down its weapons, the return of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas, for Hamas to have no role in the future governance of Palestine and for there

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