


Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, forcefully rejected international criticism during his address today to the United Nations General Assembly. Many diplomats boycotted the speech, in which he promised that Israel would “hunt down” its enemies and “finish the job” in Gaza.
Netanyahu suggested that Israel’s critics were partly to blame for the war continuing, accusing them of caving “when the going got tough.” He rejected the possibility of a Palestinian state and described the recognition of one by the vast majority of U.N. members as “disgraceful.”
Netanyahu also accused the world of forgetting about the horrors of Oct. 7. On his lapel, he wore a large QR code that linked to gruesome images from the Hamas-led assault.
On his way to the U.N. summit, Netanyahu’s flight took a circuitous route to avoid countries where he is subject to an arrest warrant.
Meanwhile in Gaza, Israel’s military has razed block after block of Gaza City as part of a new ground offensive. Take a look from above.