Canada preparing for military evacuations from Lebanon as clashes with Israel grow

The Canadian Armed Forces said Friday it is getting ready for the possibility that it will need to help bring Canadians out of Lebanon, as Israel began evacuating a large town near its own northern border with that country.

Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah, which has a massive arsenal of long-range rockets, has been trading fire with Israel along their shared border since the latest Israel-Hamas conflict began on Oct. 7.

Hezbollah has also hinted that it might join the conflict…