Canadian-made arms barred from reaching Gaza: Melanie Joly [Video]

OTTAWA –

Canadian-made weapons will be prohibited from reaching the Gaza Strip, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Tuesday.

Her comments come weeks after the U.S. announced plans to send Quebec-made ammunition to Israel. Shortly after that announcement, Global Affairs Canada told The Canadian Press that it would “not speculate on a possible foreign military sale.”

However Tuesday at the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., Joly told reporters Canadian-made weapons will not be sent to Gaza.

“We will not have any form of arms or parts of arms be sent to Gaza, period,” Joly said.

“How they’re being sent and where they’re being sent is irrelevant.”

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