Canadian Citizen Killed After Threatening Israeli Forces With a Knife, Police Say

A Canadian man was killed Monday after threatening local Israeli security officials with a knife near the Gaza border, Israeli authorities said. In a video posted on X, three Israeli officials are seen pointing their guns at a man who approaches them and then falls to the ground. Israeli authorities said the man, who had a Canadian passport on him, had driven to the outpost and got out of the car wielding a knife. The man was yelling “Free Palestine” and “You are killing civilians in Gaza” before being shot, according to Israeli media. “A terrorist arrived at the gate of Netiv Ha’Asara, got out of his vehicle and threatened the soldiers of the Netiv Ha’Asara’s standby squad with a knife,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement posted on X by Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed, on Monday. “The fighters responded by firing and neutralized the terrorist. There were no casualties to our forces.”...