Overview

• Netanyahu ordered the IDF to relay his speech into Gaza using loudspeakers from the Israeli side of the border, a step Israeli outlets described as psychological warfare.
• Military sources voiced objections over risk and utility but signaled compliance; EFE reporters in Gaza said neither loudspeakers nor the claimed mobile phone broadcast were received.
• The General Assembly chamber was largely empty after walkouts by numerous delegations; Argentina remained seated as Spain and others skipped or exited the session.
• In a defiant speech, he rejected recognition of a Palestinian state and called genocide allegations against Israel false, castigating Western governments that recognized Palestine this week.
• He vowed to bring home the 48 remaining hostages, saying 20 are believed alive, and warned Hamas to release them; his aircraft detoured around French and Spanish airspace in a route linked by Israeli media to an ICC warrant.