#Netanyahu, said #Israel will not rest until the remaining hostages are brought home.

“There is no place in #Iran that the long arm of #Israel cannot reach, & that’s true of the entire #MiddleEast,” Netanyahu said at the #UNGA.

“We are winning,” he declared, showing a map he termed “the curse” of Iran’s influence & another which he described as a blessing.

Netanyahu also called for an end to the “appeasement” of Iran. Adding everything must be done to ensure Iran doesn’t get #nuclear weapons.

“Hamas has got to go,” #Netanyahu said.
#Israel seeks a demilitarized & deradicalized #Gaza, he stressed.

The #hostages must be returned to their families, he said.

Speaking of #Hezbollah, he said the group has murdered the citizens of many countries & attacked Israel unprovoked.

“Enough is enough. We won’t rest until our citizens can return safely to their homes. We will not accept a terror army perched on our northern border, able to perpetrate another Oct 7-style massacre,” he said.

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#Netanyahu also stressed the need to achieve a peace agreement w/ #SaudiArabia, citing the experience of the #AbrahamAccords.

“I say to you, what blessing such a peace w/ Saudi Arabia would bring – it would be a boon to the #security & #economy of our 2 countries, it would boost trade & tourism across the region, it would help transform the #MiddleEast into a global juggernaut,” he said.

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#Netanyahu insisted that #Israel doesn’t want to see a single innocent person die.

“No army has done what Israel is doing to minimize civilian casualties: we drop fliers, we send text messages, we make phone calls by the millions to ensure that #Palestinian #civilians get out of harm’s way,” he said.

Netanyahu spent a large portion of his speech criticizing the #UN, angrily accusing the members of hypocrisy & #antisemitism.

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Many delegates started leaving #UNGA as #Netanyahu started addressing the world leaders. The audience started shouting 'shame shame'.

#Israel’s #Gaza campaign has killed >41,500 #Palestinians & wounded >96k others, acc/to figures released Thurs by the Health Ministry. The ministry, part of Gaza’s #Hamas govt, doesn’t differentiate between #civilians & #combatants, but >½ the dead have been women & children, including ~1,300 children under the age of 2.

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As #Netanyahu took the stage, there was so much commotion that the presiding diplomat shouted, “Order, please!”

The 2 speakers before Netanyahu both called out #Israel for its actions. “Mr. Netanyahu, stop this war now,” #Slovenia PM Robert Golob said, pounding the podium. #Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, speaking just before Netanyahu, declared of #Gaza: “This is not just a conflict. This is systematic slaughter of innocent people of #Palestine.” He thumped the rostrum to audible applause.

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#Israel has maintained its #military operations are justified & are necessary to defend itself, despite many saying #Netanyahu is using the right of Israel to defend itself to commit atrocities & pursue a long held goal of his #RightWing govt to dominate the region & eliminate #Palestinians from Israel.

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“This war can come to an end now. All that has to happen is for #Hamas to surrender, lay down its arms & release all the hostages,” #Netanyahu said. “But if they don’t – if they don’t – we will fight until we achieve total victory. Total victory. There is no substitute for it.”

He said Israeli forces have destroyed “90%” of Hamas’ rockets & killed or captured half of its forces.

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In recent days, #Israel has turned its attention to the border w/ #Lebanon, targeting #Hezbollah militants & has inflicted #civilian casualties there as well. Hezbollah began attacking Israel almost immediately after the #Hamas invasion, & fighting between Israel & the #Lebanese militant group have driven tens of thousands from their homes on both sides of the border. Israel is vowing to step up its attacks on Hezbollah until its citizens can return to their homes.

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#Netanyahu told world leaders at the #UN that #Israel will “continue degrading #Hezbollah” until it achieves its goals along the #Lebanon border, further dimming hopes for an internationally backed #ceasefire to halt the spiral into an all-out regional #war. He said his govt would no longer tolerate daily rocket fire from the area.

“Israel has every right to remove this threat … & that’s exactly what we’re doing ... we’ll continue degrading Hezbollah until all our objectives are met”

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