An emergency debate was held in the House of Commons to discuss escalating violence in the Middle East, with MPs split on how Israel and Canada should respond.
Divisions have been on display since Hamas conducted its raid into Israel on Oct. 7 last year, with some MPs pushing for a ceasefire and others backing Israel’s military campaign against the organization considered a terrorist entity by Ottawa.
The debate, which lasted over five hours until midnight on Oct. 1, came shortly after Iran launched nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Tehran was retaliating against Israel for its killing of the top leaders of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its proxy Lebanese Hezbollah….