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Federal government extends deadline for donations to Lebanon

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Photo: Agence France-Presse A firefighter stands amid debris at the site of overnight Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Kafaat neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on Nov. 1, 2024.

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Dylan Robertson – The Canadian Press in Ottawa

Posted yesterday at 7:41 p.m.

  • Canada

Federal government extends deadline for donations to help Lebanese people.

International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen’s office says the government hopes Canadians will give generously to Lebanese Heritage Month events.

United Nations agencies estimate that Israel’s ground invasion and bombardment of Lebanon has displaced 1.4 million people since the end of September.

Canada has agreed to match donations from the public to the Canadian Red Cross and the Humanitarian Coalition of Charities up to $3 million each.

The initiative was set to end Sunday, but Hussen extended the deadline to Nov. 17.

Aid workers on the ground say they are struggling to help the Lebanese meet their basic needs.

The streets of Beirut are clogged with makeshift camps of families with nowhere to stay.

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