He said the \u201cfinal remnants of Hamas are holed up in Gaza<\/a> City\u201d.<\/p>\n Speaking to the Israeli hostages remaining in Gaza<\/strong>, via loudspeakers facing towards the territory, Netanyahu said he would not rest until all the hostages are brought home. To Hamas<\/strong>, he said:<\/p>\n Lay down your arms. Free all [the] hostages now \u2026 If you do, you will live. If you don\u2019t Israel will hunt you down.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Before he started speaking, dozens of delegates in the hall walked out. There were boos and cheers.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.06 EDT<\/p>\n Key events<\/p>\n Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Closing summary<\/p>\n Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> has vowed to \u201cfinish the job\u201d in Gaza<\/a> and said that the recognition of a Palestinian state was \u201cinsane\u201d as delegations walked out of his address to the United Nations<\/a>. <\/strong>Just days after the UK, France, Canada, Australia, and other countries broke with the United States to recognise an independent Palestinian state<\/a>, Netanyahu called a two-state solution \u201csheer madness. It\u2019s insane, and we won\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n More than 100 diplomats from more than 50 countries walked out as Netanyahu entered the hall, according to a tally by the Washington Post.<\/strong> Netanyahu gave the speech the morning after Donald Trump<\/a> said he would restrain Netanyahu<\/a> from annexing territories in the West Bank in retaliation for the expressions of support for Palestinian statehood. \u201cI will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank \u2026 It\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Israeli military loudspeaker systems have broadcast Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s speech to the UN into Gaza in an unprecedented operation that immediately prompted controversy and outrage. <\/strong>In a statement on Friday, an Israeli government spokesperson said: \u201cAs part of the public diplomacy effort, the prime minister\u2019s office has directed civilian elements, in cooperation with the [Israel Defense Forces], to place loudspeakers on the backs of trucks on the Israeli side of the Gaza border so that prime minister Netanyahu\u2019s historic UN general assembly speech will be heard in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n In an \u201cunprecedented operation\u201d, Netanyahu\u2019s office said the Israeli army would take over the mobile phones of Gaza residents and Hamas operatives and his speech would be broadcast live through the mobile devices. <\/strong>It was not immediately clear if this happened, or to what extent, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The world must not allow Iran to rebuild its nuclear and military programmes, Netanyahu<\/a> said on Friday, a day before the United Nations is set to reimpose sanctions on Tehran. <\/strong>All UN sanctions on Iran are due to be reimposed at 8pm EDT on Saturday after European powers, known as the E3, triggered a 30-day process accusing Tehran of violating a 2015 deal meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The United Nations<\/strong> on Friday released a long-awaited update of its database of companies with activities in Israeli settlements<\/strong>, listing 158 firms from 11 countries, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). Big firms such as Airbnb<\/strong>, Booking.com<\/strong>, Motorola Solutions<\/strong> and Trip Advisor<\/strong> remained on the list, while several companies including Alstom<\/strong> and Opodo<\/strong> were removed, the non-exhaustive database showed, according to AFP.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The European Broadcasting Union<\/strong> has confirmed it will hold an online vote in November that could see the Israeli<\/strong> broadcaster Kan<\/strong> expelled from next year\u2019s Eurovision<\/a> song contest<\/strong>. In a letter sent to participating broadcasters on Thursday, the EBU president, Delphine Ernotte Cunci<\/strong>, wrote there was an \u201cunprecedented diversity of views\u201d on Israel\u2019s participation in Eurovision, and the issue required \u201ca broader democratic basis\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Israel<\/strong>, which has imposed a naval blockade on Gaza<\/strong>, said the \u201cGlobal Sumud Flotilla\u201d<\/strong> will not pass and that the project will only assist Hamas<\/strong>. The flotilla has blamed Israel for a drone attack it had said it experienced this week. According to Reuters, Israel\u2019s foreign ministry<\/strong> did not respond directly to the accusation, but invited the flotilla to drop humanitarian aid for Israel to take to Gaza<\/a>, or face consequences.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Civilians in Gaza<\/a><\/strong> have sustained injuries of a type and on a scale more usually seen among professional soldiers involved in intense combat operations, research has found. A study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)<\/strong> found that some types of wounds \u2013 such as burns or injuries to legs \u2013 were more common among civilians in Gaza<\/a> than among US<\/strong> soldiers fighting in recent conflicts in Iraq<\/strong> and Afghanistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Israel<\/strong>\u2019s air force carried out airstrikes on Friday on eastern Lebanon<\/strong>, the Lebanese state-run news agency reported without giving any word on casualties. The Israeli military said it struck a site used for manufacturing precision missiles, reports the Associated Press (AP). The airstrikes took place near the Lebanese village of Saraain<\/strong> in the Bekaa valley region<\/strong>, according to the National news agency. They are the latest strikes since the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah<\/strong> war ended with a US<\/strong>-brokered ceasefire in November.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The White House<\/strong> is backing a plan that would see Tony Blair<\/a><\/strong> head a temporary administration of the Gaza Strip<\/strong> \u2013 initially without the direct involvement of the Palestinian Authority (PA)<\/strong>, according to Israeli<\/strong> media reports. Under the proposal, Blair would lead a body called the Gaza<\/a> International Transitional Authority (Gita)<\/strong> that would have a mandate to be Gaza\u2019s \u201csupreme political and legal authority\u201d for as long as five years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Uefa could decide as early as next week whether to suspend Israel<\/a> from its competitions, with the governing body facing growing pressure from inside and outside the game. <\/strong>Reports on Thursday, initially in the Times, suggested a vote that would determine Israel\u2019s participation in World Cup qualifying and that of Maccabi Tel Aviv<\/a> in the Europa League could be held by Uefa\u2019s executive committee before the international break begins on 6 October.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n A final Russian attempt to defer the snapback of large-scale UN sanctions on Iran is expected to fail at the UN security council on Friday<\/strong> after European countries rejected last-minute Iranian offers to give UN weapons inspectors limited access to its bombed nuclear sites.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Share<\/a> Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> has vowed to \u201cfinish the job\u201d in Gaza<\/a> and said that the recognition of a Palestinian state was \u201cinsane\u201d as delegations walked out of his address to the United Nations<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Just days after the UK, France, Canada, Australia, and other countries broke with the United States to recognise an independent Palestinian state<\/a>, Netanyahu called a two-state solution \u201csheer madness. It\u2019s insane, and we won\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGiving the Palestinians a state one mile from Jerusalem after October 7 is like giving al-Qaida a state one mile from New York<\/a> City after September 11,\u201d he said. Now 157 of 193 UN member states recognise Palestine as an independent state.<\/p>\n More than 100 diplomats from more than 50 countries walked out as Netanyahu entered the hall, according to a tally by the Washington Post.<\/p>\n Netanyahu gave the speech the morning after Donald Trump<\/a> said he would restrain Netanyahu<\/a> from annexing territories in the West Bank in retaliation for the expressions of support for Palestinian statehood. \u201cI will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank \u2026 It\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n Right-wing allies of Netanyahu have proposed annexing up to 82% of the West Bank, which is formally governed by the Palestinian Authority. UK officials said that they were concerned the US could endorse the move.<\/p>\n But Netanyahu did not address the controversial plan on Friday, and his office has said he would only respond after the two meet on Monday at the White House. Targeting the UK, France and other countries that recognised Palestine, he said: \u201cYou didn\u2019t do something right. You did something wrong, horribly wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYour disgraceful decision will encourage terrorism against Jews and against innocent people everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a> Israeli military loudspeaker systems have broadcast Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s speech to the UN into Gaza in an unprecedented operation that immediately prompted controversy and outrage.<\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement on Friday, an Israeli government spokesperson said: \u201cAs part of the public diplomacy effort, the prime minister\u2019s office has directed civilian elements, in cooperation with the [Israel Defense Forces], to place loudspeakers on the backs of trucks on the Israeli side of the Gaza border so that prime minister Netanyahu\u2019s historic UN general assembly speech will be heard in the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition to the speaker systems, Netanyahu\u2019s office claimed that the Israeli military had taken control of the telephones of Gaza residents \u201cand Hamas<\/a> members\u201d to broadcast the speech \u2013 though there was no evidence from within the devastated Palestinian territory this actually took place.<\/p>\n \u201cThe prime minister has appealed to the residents of Gaza<\/a> and made it clear that the war could end immediately upon the return of the hostages, the disarming of Hamas and the demilitarisation of the Strip \u2026 [and] stressed that whoever does so will live while those who do not will be hunted,\u201d the government statement said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The world must not allow Iran to rebuild its nuclear and military programmes, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> said on Friday, a day before the United Nations is set to reimpose sanctions on Tehran.<\/strong><\/p>\n All UN sanctions on Iran are due to be reimposed at 8pm EDT on Saturday after European powers, known as the E3, triggered a 30-day process accusing Tehran of violating a 2015 deal meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n Diplomats say a Russian-Chinese proposal to delay sanctions for six months was unlikely to pass when the UN security council votes on Friday, after last-ditch talks between Iran and Britain, France and Germany failed to break a deadlock.<\/p>\n \u201cWe removed an existential threat to Iran, to Israel<\/a>, rather, and a mortal threat to the civilised world. We lifted a dark cloud that could have claimed millions and millions of lives, but ladies and gentlemen, we must remain vigilant,\u201d Netanyahu told the UN general assembly, referring to Israeli and US bombings of Iran\u2019s nuclear installations in June.<\/p>\n \u201cWe must not allow Iran to rebuild its military nuclear capacities, Iran\u2019s stockpile of enriched uranium. These stockpiles must be eliminated, and tomorrow, UN security council sanctions on Iran must be snapped back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In an \u201cunprecedented operation\u201d, Netanyahu\u2019s office said the Israeli army would take over the mobile phones of Gaza residents and Hamas operatives and his speech would be broadcast live through the mobile devices.<\/strong><\/p>\n It was not immediately clear if this happened, or to what extent, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMuch of the world no longer remembers October 7. But we remember,\u201d Netanyahu said during his address.<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking in Hebrew, the Israeli leader directed his remarks to the hostages still held in Gaza: \u201cWe\u2019ve not forgotten you \u2013 not even for a second.\u201d<\/p>\n Near the start of his speech, Netanyahu said he had loudspeakers placed at the Israeli side of the Gaza<\/a> border to broadcast the address into the Palestinian territory in hopes that hostages held there would hear his vow that they would not be forgotten.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> sharply denounced Western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood, accusing them of sending the message that \u201cmurdering Jews pays off.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Speaking at the UN general assembly, the Israeli leader pushed back in his harshest terms yet against a flurry of diplomatic moves by leading U.S. allies that deepened Israel\u2019s international isolation over its conduct of a nearly two-year-old war against Hamas militants in Gaza.<\/p>\n \u201cThis week, the leaders of France, Britain, Australia, Canada and other countries unconditionally recognised a Palestinian state. They did so after the horrors committed by Hamas on 7 October \u2013 horrors praised on that day by nearly 90% of the Palestinian population.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou know what message the leaders who recognise the Palestinian state this week sent to the Palestinians?\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very clear message: murdering Jews pays off.\u201d<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Residents say conditions are getting worse. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by the latest offensive, though others have stayed put despite Israeli evacuation orders, citing fears about security and hunger if they move.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe situation is becoming more difficult,\u201d said Um Zaki, a mother of five who has stayed in Sabra, Gaza<\/a> City, describing rising food prices and increasing scarcity. \u201cPeople who sell things like food \u2026have left to the south,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Ismail Zayda, a 40-year-old with a week-old baby girl and two young boys displaced from Gaza City to a camp near the coast, said he was making ends meet with canned supplies.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are no vegetables at all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Gaza City municipality says it also faces a worsening water crisis, with supplies meeting less than 25% of daily needs. Fuel shortages and security risks have curtailed water deliveries, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n Israel says there is no quantitative limit on food aid entering Gaza and accuses Hamas, which it has been at war with for nearly two years, of stealing aid \u2013 accusations the Palestinian militant group denies.<\/p>\n Cogat, the arm of the Israeli military that oversees aid flows into the territory, said humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip continues and that it seeks to expand the capacity of Kissufim crossing into central Gaza threefold.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Trump claims Gaza deal near and hostages could soon be freed<\/p>\n US <\/strong>president Donald Trump<\/strong> said on Friday that he is close to a deal to end the war in Gaza<\/strong> and bring hostages home, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n Trump made the comments to reporters before departing the White House<\/strong> to attend the Ryder Cup golf tournament<\/strong> in New York<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.04 EDT<\/p>\n As Israeli<\/strong> prime minister Benjamin Netanyhu <\/strong>took the stand at the United Nations general assembly<\/strong> on Friday in New York<\/strong>, scores of delegates walked out of the hall amid boos and cheers.<\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.18 EDT<\/p>\n Netanyahu rebukes Western nations from UN stage for embracing Palestinian statehood<\/p>\n Israeli<\/strong> prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> sharply denounced western countries on Friday for embracing Palestinian statehood<\/strong> and accused them of buckling under pressure from activists and others who have accused Israel of war crimes against Palestinians<\/strong> in Gaza<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Speaking at the United Nations general assembly<\/strong>, the Israeli leader pushed back in harsh terms against a flurry of diplomatic moves by leading US<\/strong> allies that deepened Israel\u2019s international isolation over its conduct of the nearly two-year-old war against Hamas<\/strong> militants in Gaza.<\/p>\n Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations general assembly at the UN headquarters. Photograph: Stefan Jeremiah\/AP<\/p>\n Netanyahu said:<\/p>\n This week, the leaders of France, Britain, Australia, Canada and other countries unconditionally recognised a Palestinian state. They did so after the horrors committed by Hamas on 7 October \u2013 horrors praised on that day by nearly 90% of the Palestinian population.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n With more countries joining the list of those endorsing Palestinian independence, the most right-wing government in Israeli history has made its strongest declaration yet that there will be no Palestinian state.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.20 EDT<\/p>\n Israeli<\/strong> prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong>, has accused world leaders of \u201cappeasing evil\u201d rather than supporting Israel. He claimed that \u201cmany leaders who publicly condemn Israel, thank us behind closed doors\u201d.<\/p>\n Addressing the United Nations general assembly<\/strong> in New York<\/strong>, Netanyhu claimed Israel were applying more measures to minimize civilian casualties than any military in history.<\/p>\n \u201cWould a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population it is supposedly targeting to get out of harm\u2019s way?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n
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