The Israeli ambassador suggests that diplomats in the West Bank resulted in the Israeli Defense Army

The Israeli ambassador to Canada suggests that there was a deliberate effort to provoke Israeli soldiers before they launched warning shots in the vicinity of a diplomatic delegation – including Canadians – in the West Bank on Wednesday.

Four members of a Canadian delegation were part of a tour of the city of Jenin when members of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) fired warning footage in the area. Two Canadian citizens, including the best diplomat in Ottawa in the West Bank, and two local employees. No one was injured during the accident.

The Israeli Ambassador IDDO MEED suggested during an interview with CBC News Network Power and politics The diplomats may have deliberately lost an attempt to raise the Israeli Defense Army soldiers.

“The idea of ​​walking in this incident was what you did not want to try to provoke something,” Mood said to the host of host Peter Armstrong.

“They may have been drove there. I don’t know, I don’t want to speculate.”

A video clip of the internet, members of the tourist group talking to the cameras near a large yellow gate. Gallery shots can be heard while the group accelerates away from the gate and wanders in a street corner. In one video clip, two soldiers can be seen into guns in the direction of the group.

The Israeli Defense Army said on Wednesday that the initial investigation into the incident revealed that the delegation had deviated through a certified and that the soldiers shot warning footage to obtain the delegation to move. The Palestinian Authority said in a statement that it “refutes the narration” that it provided IDF. He said that the accident occurred near the refugee camp gate after the delegation faced another checkpoint at a different entrance.

“The delegation remained at the Iron Gate for more than 15 minutes, during which they listened to a briefing by the governor of Jenin in circumstances in the camp, in the presence of a large number of journalists and media representatives, before the Israeli army opened fire towards the diplomatic delegation,” the statement said.

“The delegation remained at the Iron Gate for more than 15 minutes, during which they listened to a briefing by the governor of Jenin on the circumstances in the camp, in the presence of a large number of journalists and media representatives, before the Israeli army opened fire towards the diplomatic delegation

When the suggestion is clicked that the tour may have sparked Israeli soldiers, Mood again referred to videos of the accident.

“You can see that they are making an effort to confront the soldiers.” The ambassador added that there will be an investigation and that the government will bear responsibility if any violations are revealed.

Prime Minister Mark Carney called for a full investigation into the incident on Wednesday evening.

“We expect a full investigation and expect an immediate explanation for what happened. It is completely unacceptable,” Carney said at a press conference.

Foreign Affairs Minister Annette Anand issued a summons to Mood on Wednesday so that the government could transfer “serious fears” in Canada. France and Italy foreign ministers also issued a summons to their Israeli ambassadors regarding the incident.

But MOED suggested that the official summons was not necessary because the Israeli government was coming with those countries about what happened.

“We assumed responsibility for the investigation, dealing with diplomats and with governments that want to obtain this information. But there is no need to request (this information) officially as if things like this did not happen normally,” said Mid.

A senior Canadian government official told CBC News that members of the Canadian delegation were shaken by the accident and support was provided by Global Affairs Canada.

Netanyahu calls Carney, other leaders

The Wednesday incident comes in a tense moment in the Canadian -Israeli relations.

Earlier this week, Carney joined British Prime Minister Kiir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in the threat to impose sanctions on Israel in response to “denial of basic humanitarian assistance” in Gaza.

In a video clip issued on Thursday, the shooting was condemned on Wednesday at two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Carney, Starmer and Makkon to show them in Gaza, accusing them of “stripping Hamas.”

Netanyahu said of the three leaders: “You are on the wrong side of humanity and you are on the wrong side of history.”