Canadian Man Killed by Israeli Forces in Lebanon While Aiding Injured Worker

A Canadian man from Windsor, Ontario, was killed by Israeli forces last week while attempting to aid an injured worker on his family's property in southern Lebanon, according to his relatives.

Hassan Haidar, 38, had traveled to Lebanon in November to join his wife and five children and to look after horses he raised on the family land. As Israeli attacks in the region escalated, Haidar relocated his family to a safer area but remained behind to tend to the animals, which he could not transport. On Thursday, while speaking on the phone with his wife, Haidar heard cries for help outside. A man assisting with the horses had been struck by a drone strike, and when Haidar rushed to assist, he was shot in the head and killed on the property, his brother Mohamad Hussain Haidar recounted at a news conference Monday.

The incident occurred amid Israel's intensified military operations in Lebanon, part of its renewed conflict with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that more than 1,700 people have died since the war's outbreak. Israeli strikes continued in southern Lebanon as recently as Wednesday, following talks the previous day in Washington...