Overview
- Haaretz and Ynet reported preparations to relay the UN speech into the Gaza Strip via loudspeakers on trucks or near the border, though the military has not commented.
- From the podium, Netanyahu said the address would be heard in Gaza and spoke directly to hostages, pledging to bring them home.
- Dozens of diplomats left the General Assembly hall at the start of his speech in protest.
- Some officers framed the reported broadcast as psychological warfare, and families of hostages and soldiers criticized the plan.
- Netanyahu claimed Israel had destroyed Iran’s nuclear and missile program and significantly weakened Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi movement.