Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is calling for de-escalation after Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear sites and killed Iranian military leaders with a barrage of airstrikes early on Friday.

As the G7 group of large democratic nations with big economies meets Sunday in Alberta, Canada they have a broad agenda in the midst of global economic and military turmoil.

The coordinated move against Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich highlights the hardening of several countries’ stance toward Israel amid the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Police across the Greater Toronto Area say they are stepping up their presence around consulates and places of worship as tensions rise between Israel and Iran.

Speaking before the vote, Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon vehemently opposed the resolution. He denied that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war, calling the accusation “blood libel,” and insisted that aid is being delivered.

The United Kingdom, Canada and other allies announced sanctions Tuesday on two hardline Israeli government ministers for repeatedly “inciting violence against Palestinians,” in a stark joint move that comes amid growing Western condemnation of Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

Canada has little choice but to sanction Israel or lose international credibility, say a former ambassador and former defence official, after the Netanyahu government responded to a joint statement demanding an end to settlement expansions with a major West Bank settlement announcement.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand issued a statement stressing de-escalation after a wave of Israeli strikes on Tehran

Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway said they were taking measures against far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir.

Today’s attack that saw Gaza aid workers murdered by Palestinian terrorists has Israel’s ambassador to Canada urging this country to show leadership.