Indeed, the regional context of this is extremely challenging. I think we, with our international partners, are working very hard on questions around de-escalation there.
We don't have any evidence that Iran was directly involved in the terrorist attacks of October 7. That said, we remain gravely concerned about Iran's destabilizing actions across the entire Middle East region, and we're watching very closely.
That fragile situation on the border with Lebanon is especially concerning. We know that Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging fire over the last couple of weeks and there have been a limited number of casualties on either side. I think there is good awareness on both sides of what escalation might mean. Certainly, we remain in close contact with the Government of Israel to understand their perspectives on this. We have a great number of Canadian citizens in Lebanon who are extremely concerned about the situation there, evidently.
We need to be able to plan adequately for anything that might come of that, apart from our broader concerns about stability and security.