Netanyahu holds up pager at UN, recalls Israel’s Hezbollah attack
The attack killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded more than 3,000, according to the figures cited in the speech coverage.
“If there are any other moral cowards who have not yet left the hall, please do so now,” Netanyahu said. Netanyahu said. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his speech at the UN that “in the last three years, our heroic soldiers have fought a war on seven fronts. ” Netanyahu held up a pager and said: “Israel struck Hamas, we struck Hezbollah. Do you remember the pagers?”” “Netanyahu, his voice rising in emphasis, said attacking Iran “was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make” and denounced as “moral cowards” a mass of delegates who walked out of the U.N. He said Israel’s military actions had also benefited countries that publicly criticised its operations.
The speech was repeatedly disrupted by the departure of delegates, with many seats left empty as Netanyahu took the podium. UN General Assembly President Khalilur Rahman repeatedly called for order. Thousands of pagers distributed among Hezbollah members exploded in Lebanon and Syria. “Israel struck Hamas, we struck Hezbollah. Do you remember the pagers? Do you know of any other country the size of New Jersey that can fight for three years on seven fronts? Netanyahu continued: “They organized to erase us from the face of the Earth. Instead of collapsing, we delivered devastating blows to all of them with our great American friends and crushed the Iranian army and its nuclear facilities. General Assembly when he took the podium to speak.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held up a pager during his address to the UN General Assembly on Thursday as he defended Israel’s military operations against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, while dozens of delegates walked out of the hall as he began speaking.