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【ニューヨーク１６日共同】ロイター通信によると、カナダ外務省のスポークスマンは１６日、イスラエル軍によるレバノン爆撃が行われた同日、レバノン南部の民家が爆弾で破壊され、カナダ人７人が死亡、３人が負傷したと発表した。
同通信によると、今回のイスラエルによるレバノン攻撃で、主要国首脳会議メンバー国の市民が犠牲になったのは初めてとみられる。エスカレートする戦闘への国際社会の懸念が高まるのは必至だ。
一方、マッケイ外相は、レバノンに居住する数万人のカナダ人の一部を国外避難させるための準備を開始したと述べた。既に英国、フランスと協力して避難のために商船をレバノン沖に向かわせたという。
（2006年07月17日 10時25分）
【ロイター英文記事】
英文記事によれば死者は８名となっている。
Eight Canadians killed in Lebanon: Ottawa
Sun Jul 16, 2006 3:06pm ET
http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-07-16T190610Z_01_N16250641_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-LEBANON-CANADA.xml
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Eight Canadians were killed in Lebanon on Sunday, Foreign Minister Peter MacKay said, adding that Canada was preparing to evacuate some of the tens of thousands of citizens believed to be in the country.
"All we can say is that there are eight confirmed casualties and six who have been critically injured," he told CTV television by telephone.
Asked whether this meant eight Canadians had died, MacKay replied: "That's the information that we have to date."
Earlier reports from Lebanon said five Canadians with dual Canadian and Lebanese citizenship had died when Israeli aircraft destroyed a house in the south of the country.
Around 16,000 Canadians in Lebanon have registered with the embassy there but MacKay said the real figure could be as high as 40,000. Canada has a significant population of Lebanese origin.
MacKay said Canada -- working in conjunction with Britain and France -- was securing commercial vessels and positioning them off the coast of Lebanon to prepare for an evacuation.
"We're calling for restraint in all sectors right now and hope to be able to have those ships in place and citizens moving out of Lebanon as quickly as possible," he said.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday described the Israeli attacks as justified and measured. Since taking power in February he has shifted Ottawa's stance on the Middle East from one of relative neutrality to a firmly pro-Israel position.
"It's everyone's hope, of course, that these attacks from all sectors are going to cease ... what we do know is there's an enormous need to support and protect civilians and that's been our focus," MacKay said, adding that "it was very possible" he might visit the region soon.
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