The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has long since spilled over into Canadian society, with regular street protests, encampments on university campuses and a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents.

But one of the most unusual fallouts from the Gaza war is unfolding quietly in the rarefied world of so-called third-party parenting.

At least two Canadian agencies that help individuals and couples find surrogate mothers to carry their prospective children say none of their surrogates will work with any of their many Israeli clients.