Three Canadians have died in Israel, three more reported missing

Three Canadians have died in Israel in the wake of an attack by Hamas over the weekend and Ottawa has reports that three more are missing, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Wednesday.

Joly told a press conference that more than 4,700 Canadian citizens and permanent resident in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank had registered with the government. She did not immediately say how many wanted to be evacuated.