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Canadian officials summoned Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed last week to request an investigation into the killing of Mohammad Hassan Haidar, a Canadian citizen in southern Lebanon, Foreign Minister Anita Anand said on Tuesday.
“We spoke to the Israeli ambassador and asked that Israel conduct a full and transparent investigation,” Anand told CBC News on his way to the weekly cabinet meeting.
Anand’s office spokesperson, Myah Tomasi, also told CBC News that Canadian Ambassador to Israel, Leslie Scanlon, met with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar as well.
Tomasi said Sa’ar’s department agreed to conduct an investigation.
“We were of the opinion that this investigation is very important,” said Anand.
Haidar’s family said at an emotional news conference in Windsor, Ont., last week that he was killed in a drone attack on April 10, in the southern Lebanese community of Qana while trying to help someone injured outside his home.
CBC News reached out to the embassy about Haidar’s death, as well as Moed’s meeting with Canadian officials, but received no response.
Israel has not claimed responsibility for the incident.
Third summons in less than a year
This is the third time Anand has called Moed to extradite him, a communication tool sometimes used to file a complaint in another country, since last spring.
In May 2025, Anand issued a subpoena regarding the shooting of Israeli soldiers near a delegation that included Canadians. At the time, the military said the team had “detoured” from the authorized route.
In December, Anand called Moed again after a delegation of Canadian MPs was blocked from entering the West Bank and Jerusalem. The Israeli government at the time said members of Parliament were sponsored by a group it considered a terrorist organization, although different members of parliament made a similar move earlier this year, sponsored by the same organization, and were allowed to enter.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand confirmed that Canadian officials met with Israel’s ambassador to Canada, asking Israel to conduct a ‘full and transparent’ investigation into the killing of a Canadian citizen in Lebanon. When asked if Israel was committed to the investigation, Anand said, ‘We very much hope that they will respond positively to our request.’
This is not the first time the Canadian government has asked Israel to investigate the actions of its soldiers. In August 2024, then-International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said he had called for an investigation into a Canadian water treatment plant in Gaza that had been dismantled.
Earlier that year, then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said he wanted “very clear answers” about how Canadian aid worker Jacob Flickinger was killed during a strike in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces released a statement on the strike, saying it was a mistake and expressing its regret.
Global Affairs also told CBC News that it received an update from Israel on the water plant issue in September 2024, but declined to share the results.
