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Canada has developed a plan to evacuate approximately 20,000 of its citizens from Lebanon in case full-scale hostilities erupt between Israel and Hezbollah. However, these plans hinge significantly on support from allies, according to an interview with Canada’s Chief of Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre. “We can’t do it alone. It will very much be a coalition effort, and we are tightly tied in — very tight — with our allies,” the general said. He recalled that in 2006, nearly 15,000 people, mostly Canadians, were evacuated from Lebanon within two weeks after the war between Israel and Hezbollah…

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