A Lebanese army soldier stands guard on Sept. 21 at the scene of an Israeli strike that targeted senior Hezbollah terrorist Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut's southern suburbs a day earlier.Photo by AFP via Getty Images

Two Canadians killed in Lebanon, as MPs call for government to push for end to Israel-Hezbollah conflict

'The Lebanese people did not ask for this war. It must stop,' wrote Edmonton Conservative MP Ziad Aboultaif on social media

by · National Post

OTTAWA – A Liberal and a Conservative MP are calling on the government to help to bring an end to the brewing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel before it becomes a wider war, as two Canadians have died in the escalating violence in Lebanon. 

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly confirmed two Canadians in Lebanon have been killed and three others have been injured.

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