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Canada Commits Funding to Help Survivors of Sexually-Based Attacks in Israel
(Toronto Star-Canada) Stephanie Levitz - Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Ottawa will commit $1 million to support survivors of sexually-based attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. "We believe Israeli women. And we stand with them in their fight for justice," Joly announced on social media. She added that support from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has been offered to assist in investigations of the reported crimes. Joly's decision to provide funding follows repeated pressure from a coalition of high-profile Canadian women who urged the government to act in response to reports that Hamas assailants sexually assaulted people during their unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7.