The Wrap: Fourth day of Israel/Hamas war, offical voting results delayed, new bakery in Linden Ridge and Jets for life

Good evening. Here’s what’s making news today:

'I haven’t had to run for my life before'

Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble. The war has claimed at least 1,900 lives on both sides, including Canadians Ben Mizrachi of Vancouver and former Montreal resident Alexandre Look.

Israel has said that Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza are holding about 150 soldiers and civilians hostage.

Winnipeg Jewish Theatre artistic director Dan Petrenko was in Tel Aviv, planning to meet with local theatre groups in the metropolis but had to change plans suddenly on the weekend. Petrenko and actor Seth Zosky, who is set to appear in the upcoming WJT season, caught the last flight out before the airspace was closed. Petrenko spoke with reporter Ben Waldman.

The Canadian Press:

Canada plans airlifts out of Tel Aviv: Joly

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly confirmed Tuesday that Ottawa is planning to airlift Canadians out of Tel Aviv in "the coming days," as conflict between Israel and Hamas ... Read More

Ben Waldman:

After escape out of Israel, Winnipeg Jewish Theatre boss decries theatre community’s silence

Dan Petrenko went to Israel last week, planning to spend the bulk of his trip at the theatre. But when he awoke in a Tel Aviv apartment Saturday morning, the artistic director of the Winnipeg Jewish T... Read More

Kevin Rollason:

Kinew supports Israel’s right to self-defence

Premier-designate Wab Kinew says Israel has a right to defend itself, after an Israel-Palestinian war was sparked on the weekend by Hamas militants crossing the border from Gaza to Israel and killing ... Read More

Tyler Searle:

‘We want to see her back home’

Woman from Winnipeg reportedly held by Hamas Read More

Morgan Lowie and Nono Shen, The Canadian Press:

Vancouver and Montreal men killed in Israel

VANCOUVER - Two Canadians killed by Hamas gunmen while attending a music festival in southern Israel over the weekend are being remembered as generous, kind and those who brought love t... Read More

Josef Federman And Issam Adwan, The Associated Press:

Palestinians scramble for safety as Israel pounds sealed-off Gaza Strip to punish Hamas

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety in the tiny, s... Read More

Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press:

Canadians desperate for ways to aid family in Gaza

Reem Sultan said she's been struggling to hold herself together after recently losing loved ones in Gaza and is desperately looking for ways to help family still in the sealed-off Pales... Read More

Aamer Madhani, Tara Copp And Darlene Superville, The Associated Press:

Biden confirms Americans among hostages captured in Israel, condemns ‘sheer evil’ of Hamas militants

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. citizens are among the hostages captured by Hamas as he condemned the militant group for the “sheer evil” of its sho... Read More

Issam Adwan, The Associated Press:

Unprecedented Israeli bombardment lays waste to upscale Rimal, the beating heart of Gaza City

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Collapsed buildings, mangled infrastructure, streets turned into fields of rubble. Scenes of violence and destruction in the long-blockaded Ga... Read More

Associated Press, The Associated Press:

FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7, a flood of videos and photos purporting to show the conflict have filled social media, making it difficult for onlook... Read More

'Doing nearly everything right is still not good enough'

Efforts to modernize and expand the electoral process to make voting easier ended up taking longer to get a final count, Elections Manitoba said Tuesday — one week after the 43rd general election and results online remained “unofficial.”

Carol Sanders:

Manitobans waiting longer for official election results

'I put my passion here'

Winnibakes is a new Levantine bakery in Linden Ridge owned and operated by a couple from Jordan who moved to Winnipeg on a business visa. The bakery specializes in traditional flavours with a twist, such as their chicken shawarma served in a nest of flaky phyllo pastry and their za’atar and thyme flatbread.

Eva Wasney:

Banking on baking, habibi

Jordanian in financial sector works with different kind of dough after joining wife, son in Winnipeg in south neighbourhood family business Read More

'I’m ready to be a Jet for life and bring a Cup to this city'

Connor Hellebuyck and Mark Scheifele officially signed seven-year contract extensions with the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday afternoon at a news conference held at the Hockey For All Centre. Both players say they wouldn’t have signed if they didn’t believe they could win a championship during their tenure.

Mike McIntyre:

Scheifele, Hellebuyck excited to be Jets for life

Let’s get the most important question out of the way right off the hop: Who buys the first Winnipeg Jets team dinner of the year, Mark Scheifele or Connor Hellebuyck? “I haven’t really thought too ... Read More

Ken Wiebe:

Jets cheer big signings

No matter when the Winnipeg Jets announced the signing of two stars to massive extensions, it was going to cause a stir inside and outside the market. That the deal was officially announced in the ... Read More