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Canadian Arms Exports to Israel Continue Despite 2024 Freeze

Shipping records dated July 2025 suggest existing export permits remain active, prompting calls for a two-way embargo.

Demonstrators gather for the "Gaza Is Hungry, Stand Up for Humanity" emergency rally, on July 20, 2025, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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An Israeli soldier carries mortar shell cases in southern Israel, near Gaza, on Nov. 25, 2023. Tax and shipping records appear to say Canadian companies have continued to ship ammunition and other materiel to Israel despite Ottawa's claims to the contrary.
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Overview

  • Israeli import and shipping records contradict Ottawa’s denial by documenting more than 421,000 bullets exported since October 2023, including a 175,000-round shipment in April 2025.
  • A July 29 report by four NGOs details at least 47 military component shipments and 391 deliveries of ammunition, vehicle parts and communications gear to Israeli arms companies through July 2025.
  • Global Affairs Canada confirms it has not issued new Israel-related permits since January 8, 2024, and suspended roughly 30 existing ones, but has not specified which multi-year authorizations remain valid.
  • Public shipping manifests show three cartridge consignments routed from Montreal’s Dorval Airport to Tel Aviv-Yafo in September 2024, May 2025 and July 2025, with transits via New York.
  • Advocacy groups demand Ottawa cancel all active export permits, impose a reciprocal arms embargo and secure end-use assurances to block indirect transfers through the United States.