Canada urges Israel, Iran to avoid escalation

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau again called for the de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East, following an airstrike in Iran widely suspected of being a retaliatory attack by Israel. The two countries have been in a proxy war for decades, but Iran recently struck Israel directly for the first time in retaliation for what it believed was an Israeli attack on its embassy in Syria. (April 19, 2024)