Two Canadians are among those killed in southern Lebanon, Global Affairs Canada confirmed late Tuesday. While GAC has not confirmed their names due to privacy, family members tell 麻豆传媒 the two people killed are Hussein and Daad Tabaja.
鈥淚t鈥檚 devastating for the family,鈥� Kamal Tabaja told CTV National News. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 know what you want to call it, it鈥檚 like a dark dream.鈥�
Tabaja says his parents were trying to leave their home in southern Lebanon and were stuck in heavy traffic when they were hit by an air strike. Family members had been trying to reach them for hours, and Tabaja says eventually their burnt out BMW was found in a ditch.
He says his parents鈥� bodies were badly burned but his mother鈥檚 watch was found inside the vehicle.
While the Israeli Defence Forces had given people living in Lebanon鈥檚 south warning to leave ahead of ramped up airstrikes, Tabaja says people like his parents were not given enough time.
鈥淭hey bombarded the roads,鈥� he says of the IDF. 鈥淏ombarded people who have nothing to do with this conflict.鈥�
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