Canadian military planning for evacuation of 20,000 from Lebanon, says top commander

Canada's chief of the defence Wayne Eyre says military plans have been drawn up to evacuate just over 20,000 Canadian citizens should war break out between Israel and Hezbollah. He says teams are being deployed to the region in preparation and that the plan is heavily dependent on allied support.

Canadian military planning for evacuation of 20,000 from Lebanon, says top commander
Israeli soldiers cover their ears as an artillery unit fires shells towards southern Lebanon from a position near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, on Friday, July 21, 2006. In the last 24 hours, at least six Israeli troops have been killed in pitched battles with Hezbollah militants and an Israeli helicopter pilot was killed when two Apache attack helicopters collided.

Canada's chief of the defence Wayne Eyre says military plans have been drawn up to evacuate just over 20,000 Canadian citizens should war break out between Israel and Hezbollah. He says teams are being deployed to the region in preparation and that the plan is heavily dependent on allied support.