TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-U.S. war with Iran and regional conflict. U.S.-Iran technical talks in Switzerland have concluded, with senior-level negotiations now opening including VP Vance and top Iranian officials. Washington announced 60 days of sanctions relief on Iranian oil exports as part of a roadmap toward a permanent deal, while Iran is already earning close to $3 billion a week from record oil exports. Israel is not part of the Lebanon discussions, as Iran pushes to anchor its influence diplomatically through a new U.S.-Qatar-Pakistan oversight cell. In southern Lebanon, 30–40 Hezbollah terrorists remain trapped in a tunnel complex in Tibnit and the question now is whether the IDF, the Lebanese army, or a new regional deal decides what happens next. Meanwhile, a Jewish community member was shot and killed in Montreal in a troubling incident shaking Canadian Jews. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel.
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This report analyzes the geopolitical tensions between the US, Iran, and Israel, focusing on sanctions relief, the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, and the conflict in Lebanon. It examines Iran's attempt to leverage diplomatic channels to maintain Hezbollah's influence while discussing the broader decline of Iranian reach in South America and rising anti-Semitism in Canada.
Iran responds with contempt towards the President of the United States,
precisely after receiving a significant benefit from the US.
The nuclear program may have been delayed, but right now, the missiles remain.
Is the agreement putting Iran back on track?
Iran, with a new threat, we will drown you in the sea of rage.
The negotiations with Iran are in danger of blowing up.
This is while it still is unclear what's the future of the nuclear issue
and what will be in the negotiations between Iran and the US.
And the Revolutionary Guards are issuing another threat,
and this time directly towards Donald Trump.
So are we on the way to an agreement or to a trap?
The dispute inside the American administration,
the options that are on the table, and what really stands behind the negotiations,
we will bring you all the details that we have in this report.
Is the United States trying to legitimize Iran as a legitimate international player?
Tehran is managing to return to the Lebanese arena,
and this time through the diplomatic door, a door that allows it to influence the rules.
On the other hand, Israel is discovering that despite its military strength,
the discussion about a solution on its northern border is taking place without it.
The IDF is laying siege to Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon.
Dozens of Hezbollah terrorists are trapped inside a tunnel,
and the IDF is considering a surprising move.
In Lebanon, there is disappointment over the understandings with Iran,
and warnings that they strengthen Hezbollah.
Tying Lebanon to the understandings with Iran
is a disaster that could strengthen the terrorist organization.
And in the economic arena, the Emiratis are returning to trade with Iran,
but at the same time they are investing billions so it will not be dependent on it.
Iran already thought that it was riding the wave, and then the new blow landed on it.
Amir Pinto, and this is your Boots on the Ground,
where we bring you the full truth about what's happening in Israel,
and also the full truth about what's happening in our neighborhood,
the Middle East.
Today is June 23.
So let's begin.
Iran announced that the technical talks with the United States in Switzerland have ended.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Ghalibadi announced overnight
that the technical talks between the United States and Iran had completed,
and that the next stage would be conducted under the supervision of more senior officials,
including Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Abbas Sarakshi, and Vice President of the United States J.D. Vance.
The Deputy Foreign Minister described the technical talks as talks that ended successfully
and said that as a result, the door was open for negotiations at a higher level.
He also said that it was agreed to establish four working groups,
including on the nuclear issue and on the removal of the sanctions from Iran.
In addition, it was agreed to establish a group whose purpose is to prevent escalation in Lebanon.
Pakistan and Qatar will also be members of this group alongside Lebanon.
And at the same time, the United States announced sanctions relief against Iran for 60 days
after the first round of talks as part of the temporary peace agreement
that was signed between the two sides last week.
As part of the decision, Iran will be able until August 21
to export oil and petroleum products and receive payments from them.
In the talks that are held in Switzerland,
the participation of Vice President of the United States J.D. Vance and senior Iranian officials
showed a roadmap that was agreed upon for formulating a permanent agreement within 60 days.
In addition, an agreement was reached on a mechanism to stop the fighting in Lebanon
and on maintaining safe passage for commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Following the understandings, tanker traffic in the Strait resumed and oil prices continued to fall.
Look, the Iranian media outlets have published in recent days that the Strait of Hormuz
was closed again.
Tomer, our director, already rushed to check the tanker and the ship tracking websites
and then stopped.
And not only him, because it was clear to all of us that this was a lie.
Iran earns billions from the passage of tankers
and more precisely, the Revolutionary Guards
enriched the organization's treasury and the pockets of its senior officials,
many of whom became millionaires thanks to the control around the Strait of Hormuz.
There is almost no chance that they would truly risk that.
And according to tanker tracking data,
the pace of Iranian oil exports is breaking records and reaching volumes
not seen since the previous decade after the signing of the nuclear agreement, the JCPOA.
Iran brought in close to three billion dollars within one week
from the export of about 36 million barrels of oil.
And this is exactly the reason that despite the Revolutionary Guards' declarations
about closing Hormuz, the Strait will remain open according to their interests.
This is a cash flow that Iran had been cut off from during the American maritime blockade,
which nearly led to economic collapse.
But most of this money goes to companies that are controlled by the Revolutionary Guards,
which control the Iranian oil sector.
The meaning is that it does not necessarily reach the state treasury
or the civilian government, which is headed by President Massoud Pazakhshian.
And meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf,
the reports of the Emiratis resumed receiving Iranian vessels after weeks of disruptions,
during which about 90% of maritime trade activity in southern Iran was halted.
And at the same time, the Emirati Minister of Trade announced a goal of
zero dependence on Hormuz and the advancement of oil pipelines,
a new port and export infrastructure on the eastern coast outside of the Strait.
At the same time as opening the negotiations in Switzerland,
President of the United States Donald Trump returned to threatening Iran.
He said,
if they close the Strait of Hormuz again, they will not have a country, Trump said.
He also demanded that Iran stop Hezbollah, the terrorist organization,
saying, if they do not do it, we will hit them very hard.
And while the Iranians feel on top of the world because of their
practical control over the Strait of Hormuz,
the Ayatollah regime suffered a hard blow in South America
following the defeat of the left-wing candidate in the elections in Colombia.
For decades, South America has been considered a strategic target of the Revolutionary Guards.
Hezbollah and its Iranian partners finance activities,
amongst other things, through drug deals with major cartels.
In addition, the proximity to the United States turned the region into a potential
launch base for activity against the United States.
And, unfortunately, Qatar, which is identified by many with support for the Muslim Brotherhood,
even when it wraps itself in a liberal mask,
once again came to the aid of its Iranian allies.
Qatar secured the agreement of Vance and his team to establish that same new body,
which is supposed to bring about implementation of the ceasefire
and the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States.
According to the Memorandum, there is supposed to be a full ceasefire
amongst the preservation of the Lebanese territorial borders,
meaning, from the point of view of Tehran and Hezbollah, an Israeli withdrawal.
The head of the negotiating team of the Iranian delegation, Muhammad Bagher Galibaf,
insists that the Strait of Hormuz will be managed by Iran
and will operate according to international law.
Hopefully, we will be able to operate the Strait of Hormuz again in terms of passage
and return prosperity to the regional and to the global economy.
This is a statement by Galibaf.
He also confirmed that the issue of releasing frozen assets and the sale of Iranian oil
were discussed in the talks with the United States.
Vice President of the United States, J.D. Vance,
referred in his summary remarks on the negotiations in Switzerland
to the situation in Lebanon as if it were a junior commander in Hezbollah
who fires from time to time towards Israel and causes it to respond.
But Vance knows very well that this is an Iranian bluff
because the Iranians themselves told him otherwise.
And look, there are fundamental disagreements inside the American administration
between Vance's group, which is responsible for the negotiations with Iran,
and the State Department, which is headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio,
mainly around the Lebanon-Israel issue.
According to sources that are familiar with the details,
the State Department strongly opposed the establishment of the cell
announced after the talks in Switzerland,
which is a body composed of Qatar, Pakistan and the United States
intended to resolve the issue of the war in Lebanon.
The position of the State Department, as expressed in position papers
and closed conversations, was that Iran's goal
is to sabotage the direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon
by creating a bypass track,
and it is clear why Hezbollah and Iran oppose direct talks with Israel.
According to the official Lebanese positions,
these talks are supposed to lead at least to a declaration of one weapon in Lebanon
and to full sovereignty over the elected government,
over the instruments of force and the army and the police.
In other words, the disarmament of Hezbollah.
Iran is using Lebanon to dictate a new regional order, an upgraded status.
Tehran is managing to return to the Lebanese arena,
this time through the diplomatic door,
the door that allows it to influence the rules.
And on the other hand, Israel is discovering that despite its military strength,
the discussion about the solution on its northern border is taking place without us.
The security establishment is considering allowing the Lebanese army
to take control of Hezbollah's tunnel complex in the village of Tabnit in southern Lebanon,
in a move that may serve as a first test of the Lebanese army's ability
and willingness to act against the terrorist organization.
So as you can see, we have a lot ahead of us.
Let's dive into the details.
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And let's get back to the news because there's so much more
to tell you about what's happening in southern Lebanon.
There's above a large Hezbollah tunnel.
The IDF is now holding the grounds.
And underground, according to the estimates,
there's between 30 and 40 Hezbollah terrorists
who are inside a broad underground system
in the area of the village of Tabnit near the Buford and the Ali al-Takher.
The forces control the ground above the tunnels.
But because of the restrictions of the ceasefire,
they're still not entering inside.
And here begins the big question of the day.
Will Israel continue dismantling Hezbollah by itself?
Or will the new regional system try to hand this test over to the Lebanese army?
In the security establishment, an unusual option is being examined.
To allow the Lebanese army to take control of this tunnel complex,
not as a symbolic step, but as a test.
Is the Lebanese army really capable of acting openly against Hezbollah?
Is it willing to enter a compound where dozens of terrorists are located?
Will it dismantle a strategic terror infrastructure?
Or only stand above it and call that sovereignty?
This is not a small question.
For years, the Lebanese army has struggled to confront the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
Sometimes because of operational limitations.
Sometimes because of lack of will.
Sometimes because of political fear.
Now, after months of war, destruction, American pressure, Iranian pressure,
and direct and indirect discussions about the future of southern Lebanon,
Tabnit is becoming a live test.
The compound itself is not just another local weapons warehouse.
It is a tunnel network in a very sensitive area.
The Buford area is not only a historic name.
It's a dominant strategic ridge.
Anyone who understands the geography of southern Lebanon
immediately understands why Hezbollah wants to be there.
From there, terrorists can be hidden.
Missiles can be stored.
Movement between villages can be prepared.
And a presence close to IDF lines of operation can be maintained.
And that's exactly what Israel is trying to prevent.
In the IDF, the destruction of this compound
is defined as one of the central objectives of the activities in southern Lebanon.
But the war is no longer being fought only inside a tunnel.
It's also being fought inside negotiation rooms.
While Israeli soldiers stand above an underground Hezbollah complex
with terrorists inside,
in Switzerland and in Washington,
a new framework for Lebanon is taking shape.
This is a framework in which Iran is trying to enter through the diplomatic door
after years in which it operated through Hezbollah through the military door.
And that's the heart of the story.
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Galibaf,
did not even try to hide the Iranian concept.
From his point of view, the negotiations are not a break from the war.
They're a continuation of that same war by other means.
He said that every military success received its true meaning
only when it is written down and anchored politically and legally.
In simple words, Iran wants to take what Hezbollah managed to preserve on the ground
and translate it into an agreement.
That's why Tehran insists that Lebanon be part of the understandings with the United States.
That's why it demands a ceasefire on all fronts.
That is why it speaks about restoring the Lebanese full sovereignty over all of its territory.
On paper, that sounds like elegant diplomatic language.
On the ground, the meaning is much clearer.
Pressure on Israel to stop the operation in southern Lebanon
without Hezbollah necessarily being disarmed.
Beirut itself understands the danger.
In the Lebanese camp that opposes Hezbollah,
there is very deep disappointment over the American move.
There, they see the connection between Lebanon and the understandings with Iran
not as a solution but as a prize.
A prize for Tehran.
A prize for Hezbollah.
A prize for those who turn Lebanon into a forward base against Israel.
A senior political from the sovereign camp in Lebanon warned that a move in practice
strengthens Hezbollah and weakens the international forces that are working to disarm it.
He also said that if the memorandum of understanding becomes a permanent agreement,
it will not be.
It will be a complete disaster.
No less.
Lebanese President Joseph Roun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam
are now in a particularly embarrassing position.
They try to promote a more independent line,
a line that speaks about a Lebanese state,
a Lebanese army,
real sovereignty,
and direct contacts that would weaken Hezbollah.
But the moment that the Lebanese arena enters into the understanding between Washington and Tehran,
they are no longer only the ones that are speaking in Lebanon's name.
Iran is sitting close to the switches.
This is exactly what worries Israel.
The deconfliction cell that was established around Lebanon
is presented as a technical mechanism,
a situation room,
a channel to prevent escalation.
But in practice,
such a mechanism determines much more than a phone call during a shooting incident,
and determines who supervises,
who mediates,
who gives guarantees,
and who receives updates after the decisions have already been made.
And the most important detail,
Israel is not a full part of this process.
Hezbollah is also not officially mentioned at all.
But Iran is,
the United States are,
Qatar and Pakistan are,
Lebanon is.
This creates a very strange picture.
The one arming Hezbollah receives a seat on the discussion about the ceasefire.
The one fighting Hezbollah on the ground is required to explain itself.
And inside the American administration itself,
there is a serious dispute around this move.
On one side,
the group leading the negotiations with Iran is pushing for a quick arrangement.
On the other side,
in the State Department,
there are those who see this Lebanese cell as a bypass track
meant to harm the direct talks between Israel and Lebanon.
The logic is clear.
If Israel and Lebanon reach a direct agreement,
the next stage is supposed to be one weapon in Lebanon.
In other words,
one state,
one army,
one decision,
on war and peace.
From the point of view of Hezbollah and Iran,
this is a strategic danger.
Because once Hezbollah's weapons become an official Lebanese problem,
it becomes much harder to present them as resistance.
That's why Iran is trying to shift the center of gravity.
Not a direct confrontation between Jerusalem and Beirut,
but a regional mechanism in which Tehran receives status.
And this is happening while the money is starting to move.
The United States announced temporary sanctions relief on Iranian oil exports for 60 days.
Until August 21st,
Iran can export oil and petroleum products and receive payments for them.
From Washington's point of view,
this is part of the roadmap towards a permanent agreement with 60 days.
From Tehran's point of view,
this is economic oxygen in the maritime arena.
The Strait of Hormuz reopened to tanker traffic and oil prices dropped.
But here we need to understand something simple.
Iran threatened to close Hormuz.
Revolutionary guards played with the threat for days.
But Iran also earns billions from it.
The pace of the Iranian oil exports has reached levels not seen in years.
In one week, there was talk of nearly $3 billion
from the export of about 36 million barrels of oil.
In annual terms, if this pace continues,
the revenues could approach $100 billion.
And this money does not remain clean.
A large part of Iran's oil sector
is controlled by companies connected to the Revolutionary Guard.
Money that enters there can become salaries,
missiles,
rebuilt bases,
weapon smuggling assistance,
and terror-building mechanisms for Hezbollah,
strengthening the Houthis and tightening the regime's grip against the opposition at home.
This explains why the American Treasury Secretary Scott Desant
opposed the temporary lifting of the sanctions.
He warned that the move would open enormous income opportunities for Iran
and that it would be much harder to restore the sanctions and enforce them again.
And meanwhile, inside Iran itself, the picture is complicated.
In the stock market, there are signs of optimism.
The real, the Iranian currency, has stabilized somewhat.
But on the street, no real relief is visible.
The prices of basic goods have risen by more than 100% since the start of this war.
The real unemployment rate is approaching,
and according to estimates, approaching 50%.
More than half of the population lives below the poverty line.
President Massoud Farzakhshian is trying to receive part of the revenues,
but he too admitted that a significant part of the money
flowed during the war to the Revolutionary Guards.
This is Iran today, weak on the streets, dangerous inside the mechanisms,
economically pressured, but still knows how to turn a crisis into money, and money into power.
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And now, we return to the story.
Because while everyone is talking about an arrangement, Iran continues to threaten.
The Revolutionary Guards issued a direct threat towards Trump.
A senior representative of the regime said that the arrogant powers
will take with them to the grave the dream of controlling the Iranian nation.
Then, he turned directly to Trump and said that the Iranian nation will not rest until
it drowns him in a sea of rage.
These are not words of someone who feels that he has surrendered.
These are the words of a regime trying to sell its public the opposite story.
Iran was not pressured.
America was forced to talk.
Tehran did not give in.
Washington opened the door for it on the nuclear issue as well.
And the gap between the sides remained large.
The Americans are talking about the return of inspections
from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Iranians are speaking carefully and at times denying new commitments.
They know why.
The nuclear program was hit hard.
Off-ground facilities were destroyed.
The weaponization project was pushed backward.
Senior scientists were eliminated.
And according to estimates, part of the enriched uranium was neutralized
or is under monitoring.
But the nuclear program was not erased.
It was delayed.
And the missiles, they remain.
That's one of the most major holes in the emerging agreement.
Israel struck launchers, missiles, raw materials, and production capabilities.
But the Iranian ballistic threat has not disappeared.
If Iran receives money, time, legitimacy, and oil relief,
it will try to rebuild what was damaged as well.
In the Gulf states, they understand this.
There too, there is concern about Iranian missile.
Saudi Arabia has not officially come out against this agreement yet.
But in the Arab world, there is also clear criticism.
The fear is that the arrangement will create American recognition in practice
not only of Iran, but also of the power of its proxies,
which are Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen.
In the Gulf, they know how to smile for the cameras.
But they also know how to build an escape plan.
The United Arab Emirates renewed the reception of the Iranian vessels in its ports
after weeks of disruptions during which about 90% of the maritime trade activity
in southern Iran was halted or slowed.
For Bushehr province, this is very significant.
We're talking about 2,000 traditional vessels called lenges
and about 14,000 sailors who can gradually return to work.
Essential goods that were stuck in Dubai have begun moving again to Iran.
From Tehran's perspective, this is a sign that the barrels are loosening.
But the Emiratis, they're not confused.
At the same time that it is restoring the trade,
it is investing so that it will not be dependent on Hormuz again.
The goal presented there is zero dependency on the Strait.
No less.
The direction is the eastern coast, Fujirach, Khorhar, Fakhan, and Diba.
These places are located on the Gulf of Oman, outside the Strait of Hormuz.
Cargo that leaves from there does not have to pass through the narrow choke point that Iran threatens.
In the field of energy, the Emiratis already operate
the pipeline that carries oil from Abu Dhabi to Fujirach.
Now, an additional pipeline is being advanced that will
double the export capacity to the eastern coast.
And a third pipeline is also being examined.
Alongside this, there are plans of roads, railways, storage facilities,
a new port and export infrastructure for petrochemical products,
liquefied natural gas, and refined fuels.
This is not a solution for one day.
This is a structural change.
But the message is clear.
In the Gulf, they are returning to trade with Iran,
and at the same time, building a system that will allow them to survive
even if Iran again uses Hormuz as a lever of pressure.
Even outside the Middle East, Iran is taking hits.
In Southern America, the defeat of the left-wing candidate in Colombia
is seen as another blow to Tehran's influence efforts in this region.
For decades, South America has been a strategic target of the Revolutionary Guards,
Hezbollah and its Iranian partners operated there also through drug networks,
money laundering, ties with cartels, and infrastructure in Shiite communities
in the tri-border area of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
The bombing of the Ameiya Jewish community buildings
and the Israeli embassy in Argentina in the 1990s
were a painful reminder of the depth of the infrastructure.
Venezuela was for years the crown jewel of Iran in South America.
The rise of Hugo Chávez opened operational space for Tehran
relatively close to the United States,
and later, Colombia under Gustavo Petro became a point of political encouragement for Iran.
Petro led an anti-Israel and anti-American line,
and even after the closed election results,
he accused Israel of manipulating the results.
For Tehran, this is another sign that its international space
is not as stable as it wants to present.
But precisely because of that, it is now insisting and investing in Lebanon.
Lebanon is the closest asset, the front from which Israel can be threatened directly,
the arena where Iran does not need to send divisions.
It's enough for it to hold a terror organization, a party,
leaders, weapons, depots, tunnels, and a political mechanism
that prevents the Lebanese state from standing on its own feet.
And now, Israel is facing a difficult dilemma.
If it continues to act forcefully in southern Lebanon,
it may encounter American pressure.
If it stops too early, Hezbollah may return to the tunnels,
to the villages, and to the firing positions.
If it hands over responsibility to the Lebanese army,
it is testing real Lebanese sovereignty.
But if the test fails, those who will pay the price
will be the residents of the north and the IDF soldiers.
Nabih Beiri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament
and the leader of the Amal party,
is proposing a formula of withdrawal by areas or districts
in order to allow residents to return to the destroyed villages.
On paper, this is the language of a state, reconstruction,
residents that are returning home.
But in practice, there's also a way to wrap Hezbollah inside a gradual deal
and not dismantle it to a clear decision.
Syria has also entered this picture.
Trump may have wanted to see Damascus as part of the move against Hezbollah,
but President Ahmed al-Sharaf of Syria
makes clear that Syria does not intend to enter the Lebanese arena militarily.
It wants to be a possible mediator, not anyone's soldiers.
And so, almost every player in the region is looking for a role in this arrangement.
Iran wants recognition.
Qatar wants mediation.
Pakistan wants status.
Syria wants to return to the center stage.
Lebanon wants to survive.
The United States wants a quick stability.
And Israel wants one basic thing,
that Hezbollah not be returned to the border under a new headline.
This is the deal.
This is the real danger of this stage.
Not a ceasefire, but a ceasefire that allows the enemy to breathe,
organize, receive money, and receive diplomatic status.
Netanyahu said that Israel has established deep security belts around the country,
but he also admitted that there are still proxies supported by Iran
and that there is still work to do.
This may be the most accurate definition of the current moment.
The military achievements exist, but they still need diplomatic protection.
Iran did not succeed in paralyzing Israel militarily,
but it is now trying to restrict it diplomatically.
If the tunnels in Tibnit remain alive, if the Iranian money flows,
and if Lebanon is being managed by Tehran or Washington,
then today's quiet may be the preparation for the next noise.
So who will enter the tunnels first?
I'm asking you this question.
The IDF, the Lebanese army, or Hezbollah returning to them under cover?
Let me know what you think in the comments.
And now, we turn to Canada, to a deadly shooting
that is shaking the Jewish community in Montreal.
A well-known Jewish man in the community,
Michael Mizrahi, was killed in a shooting incident near a Jewish area in the city.
Canadian authorities say at this stage
that the incident is not being investigated as a terrorist attack,
but inside the Jewish community itself, the feeling is very heavy,
especially against the backdrop of the wave of anti-Semitism
that has been hitting Canada over the past two years.
Our correspondent, Ashley Alex, has all the details.
Yeah, this is a very difficult incident that took place
in the heart of one of the most well-known Jewish communities in Montreal.
Michael, or Michael Mizrahi, a familiar figure in the city's Jewish community,
was killed in a shooting incident in the Cote-des-Neiges neighborhood
in the province of Quebec, an area where many Jews live
and where community institutions, synagogues, kosher restaurants,
kosher supermarkets, and a local Chabad house all operate.
According to the reports, the shooting began in the afternoon, Montreal time.
Large police forces were called to the scene
following reports of an armed man.
During the exchange of fire, a local police officer was killed.
Another officer was wounded, and the shooting suspect was neutralized.
Mizrahi was critically wounded, and his later death was confirmed.
According to the initial assessment published in Israel,
he was apparently hit by mistake by police fire during the incident,
but Canadian authorities are still investigating the circumstances of his death.
Montreal police and the Canadian government are trying at this stage
to distance the incident from being defined as a terrorist attack.
Canada's public safety minister said that in his words, this was an internal case,
and that at this stage, the police do not intend to examine it as a terrorist attack.
However, he added, we will do everything to make sure it is not connected to something else.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to the incident and said,
I was shocked to hear that a police officer and a civilian were killed
and others were injured in a shooting incident that took place today in Montreal.
My heart is with the victims, with their loved ones,
and with the emergency forces, with the entire Cote-des-Neiges community.
Carney also thanked the police officers who acted at the scene,
saying that their dedication protects communities in Canada.
In Israel, the International Division of Zaka
announced that it is accompanying Mizrahi's family.
Two of his daughters live in Israel, in the north and in the Sharon region,
and another son lives in Canada.
Zaka said that the family contacted them after long hours of uncertainty,
and that they are working with local authorities to release his body
and bring him for burial in Israel, according to the family's request.
Moshe Bleich, a Zaka volunteer and a resident of Montreal,
said that the shock in the community is very great.
According to him, the deceased was a known and beloved man
who prayed with members of the community at the synagogue.
We are all sharing in the family's grief
and are waiting for the results of the investigation
that will clarify the circumstances of the incident, he said.
In Israel, Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chiklei
called on the Canadian government to wake up.
According to him, the Diaspora ministry is in constant contact
with the Jewish community in Montreal,
and he had already warned Canada's Prime Minister about two months ago
about the sharp rise in anti-Semitism in the country.
Chiklei said the time has come for clear actions,
and so even if Canadian authorities are not defining the incident
as a terrorist attack at this stage,
for the Jewish community in Montreal,
this is another moment of fear, pain and insecurity
in a place where Jews should be able to go to synagogue,
buy kosher food and live their lives
without fearing that violence will reach their doorstep.
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