Overview

• The Prime Minister’s Office instructed the Israeli military to transmit Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN address across the Gaza Strip, and the IDF said it began positioning mobile loudspeaker systems on trucks along the border.
• Netanyahu used the General Assembly platform to reject a Palestinian state and deny genocide allegations, and he spoke directly to hostages, vowing to bring them home and claiming messages would reach Gaza via loudspeakers and mobile phones.
• Journalists reported a large walkout that left the Assembly hall largely empty as he began speaking, while protests filled New York streets.
• Israeli media and some military sources described the Gaza transmission as psychological warfare and questioned its utility, with reports that units paused operations to carry out the plan.
• Gaza’s health authorities reported more than 65,500 Palestinians killed since October 2023 as additional countries recognized Palestine and Slovenia barred Netanyahu from entering the country.