Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) was blasted across Gaza for Palestinians to hear thanks to a scheme from Israeli intelligence.

The prime minister said he wanted to speak directly to the 20 living hostages who remain in Hamas captivity. 

‘I want to do something I’ve never done before. I want to speak from this forum directly to those hostages through loudspeakers. I’ve surrounded Gaza with massive loudspeakers connected to this microphone, in the hope that our dear hostages will hear my message.’ 

Netanyahu’s office said he had ordered his speech to be played over loudspeakers from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza.

He also said Israeli intelligence had found a way to broadcast the speech on cellphones across Gaza.

‘Thanks to special efforts by Israeli intelligence, my words are now also being carried. They’re streamed live through the cell phones of Gazans.’ 

But Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had been ordered to set up speakers and broadcast the speech inside the Gaza Strip — not on the border.

‘To Netanyahu’s regret, he is not Kim Jong-un, and the Israeli army does not need to broadcast the ruler’s speeches over loudspeakers while endangering soldiers in the field,’ opposition leader Yair Lapid wrote on X. 

Soldiers serving in the Gaza Strip and their families released a statement claiming they’d been ordered to enter Gaza to set up the loudspeakers. 

‘The prime minister is lying,’ said a joint statement from the families. ‘We know from our children in uniform that the loudspeakers were placed inside Gaza. This action endangers their lives, all for the sake of a so-called public diplomacy campaign to preserve his rule.’

They continued: ‘He is doing PR at the expense of our children’s lives and security. Today we lost the last shred of trust we had in the political echelon and in the army leaders who approved this scandalous operation.’

During his speech, Netanyahu said directly to the hostages: ‘We have not forgotten you. Not even for a second. The people of Israel are with you. We will not falter, and we will not rest until we bring all of you home.’

Netanyahu took the U.N. main stage at a time when hostilities with the international body reached an all-time high. Amid mounting international pressure over Israel’s offensive campaign in Gaza, the U.N. has held meetings this week to push for a two-state solution. 

Dozens of U.N. delegates walked out of the General Assembly hall as the prime minister spoke. After the walkout, there were far more empty seats than delegates watching the speech. 

Member states voted to allow Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to speak remotely on Thursday, where he accused Israel of ‘genocide’ and demanded full U.N. membership for a Palestinian state. Abbas received a 30-second round of applause after his address.

The prime minister eviscerated nations that recognized a Palestinian state — notably France, the U.K., Australia, and Canada. 

‘I say to the representatives of those nations, this is not an indictment of Israel,’ Netanyahu said. ‘It’s an indictment of you. It’s an indictment of weakness. Leaders who appease evil rather than support a nation whose brave soldiers guard you from the barbarians at the gate. They’re already penetrating your gates. When will you learn?’

Netanyahu also claimed 90% of Palestinians ‘celebrated’ Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7th. 

‘Nearly 90% of Palestinians supported the attack on October 7th. It’s not supported, they celebrated it. They danced on the rooftops. They threw candies. That’s what was both in Gaza and in Judea. Samaria, the West Bank, as you call [it]. And it’s just the way they celebrated another horror — 9/11. They danced on the rooftops. They cheered. They threw candy.’

Speaking to those who support a Palestinian state, Netanyahu claimed: ‘They don’t want a state next to Israel. They want a Palestinian state instead of Israel.’

‘What you’re doing is giving the ultimate reward to intolerant fanatics who perpetrated and supported the October 7th massacre. Giving the Palestinians a state one mile from Jerusalem after October 7th is like giving al-Qaida state one mile from New York City after Sept. 11th. This is sheer madness. It’s insane. And we won’t do it,’ Netanyahu went on. 

The prime minister touted Israel’s military campaigns and the attacks on Iran and Hezbollah.

‘Remember those beepers? The pagers? We paged Hezbollah… and believe me, they got the message,’ he quipped. 

Pagers belonging to members of Hezbollah exploded last year across Lebanon, killing and injuring locals. 

And after the U.S. carried out unprecedented strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June, he said more work remained to be done to eradicate Iran’s nuclear threat. 

‘We must not allow Iran to rebuild its military nuclear capacities. Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium, these stockpiles, must be eliminated.’

The prime minister faces the shadow of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in November 2024, which has complicated his international travels and intensified scrutiny of his wartime decisions.

The U.S. does not adhere to ICC decisions, and banned Palestinian leaders from traveling to New York for UNGA. 

But the prime minister took a circuitous route to New York, avoiding the airspace of Spain and France, both signatories of the Rome Statute of the ICC, which could make him subject to arrest if he were to land in their country. 

On Thursday, President Donald Trump said he would not allow Israel to annex the West Bank — an option Israeli officials had said was on the table in response to the growing swell of Palestinian recognition. 

‘I will not allow Israel to annex the West Bank. Nope, I will not allow it. It’s not going to happen,’ Trump said in the Oval Office, adding that he’d spoken to Netanyahu on the topic. 

‘It’s been enough. It’s time to stop now,’ he added.

On Thursday, Trump officials presented a 21-point plan to end the war in Gaza, which would focus on releasing the remaining hostages and a ceasefire. 

A coalition of conservative energy and environmental groups are calling on leaders within the Trump administration to snub the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil as President Donald Trump rails against climate change as the ‘greatest con job ever.’

‘As President Trump rightly moves our nation away from climate alarmism, there is nothing to be gained from participating in an anti-American international effort that is designed to cripple the U.S. energy system and economy, compromise our national security, and steal from U.S. taxpayers under the guise of climate aid and/or reparations,’ a group of seven conservative energy and environment groups wrote in a letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital Friday. 

The U.N. Climate Change Conference is a yearly event that brings together leaders worldwide to map out and negotiate measures to limit climate change. The conference will be held in Brazil for 2025, running from Nov. 10 through Nov. 21. 

The letter was addressed to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin and Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. Signatories of the letter included the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, American Energy Institute, Heartland Institute, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT), Truth in Energy and Climate, CO2 Coalition and American Lands Council.

‘It’s time America walked away from the U.N.’s endless climate conferences, which have never improved the environment but have impoverished billions while enriching China,’ Jason Isaac, CEO of the American Energy Institute, told Fox News Digital of the letter. ‘By refusing to send a delegation to COP-30, the administration can send a clear message: America will no longer be a victim of the global climate hoax.’ 

The letter to the trio of Trump administration leaders outlined that the U.S. has participated in the conference since its inaugural launch in 1995, but that the meetings and negotiations ‘have accomplished nothing for the environment.’ 

‘They have only wasted taxpayer money and squandered federal resources while: (1) harming the U.S. by motivating trillion-dollar Green New Scam policies and spending: (2) wantonly destroying the U.S. coal industry; (3) dramatically increasing higher energy prices and causing inflation; (4) compromising the U.S. electricity grid; and (5) making our energy system dependent on technology from Communist China. UN climate activities and treaties (both Kyoto in 1997 and Paris in 2015) caused Europe’s dependency on Russia for energy and financed Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine,’ the letter continued. 

Heartland Institute President James Taylor said the upcoming climate conference would only ‘illustrate the hypocrisy of the self-appointed ruling class,’ while they ‘saturate the atmosphere with CO2’ with their travels. 

‘The annual UN climate talks exist solely to saturate the atmosphere with CO2 from people congregating from all around the globe, give traveling perks to government bureaucrats and NGOs, and illustrate the hypocrisy of the self-appointed ruling class,’ Taylor said. ‘By not sending an official U.S. delegation, President Trump would be doing more to reduce carbon dioxide emissions than all the participating nations combined.’ 

Trump has railed against strict climate policies established under previous Democratic administrations since retaking the Oval Office in January, including signing executive orders targeting ‘Green New Deal’ initiatives, such as the ‘Unleashing American Energy’ January executive order, which prevented the disbursement of climate-related federal funding through the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The letter comes after the U.N. General Assembly began in New York City Monday. Trump addressed the body and slammed climate change as a ‘con job’ of massive proportions. 

‘It’s the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion,’ Trump said Monday. ‘All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong.’

‘They were made by stupid people that have cost their country’s fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success,’ he continued. 

Signatories of the letter to the Trump officials argued that the U.S. snubbing the conference would send a message ‘that the U.S. will no longer be a victim of the global climate scam. The message it sends to the American people is that the Trump administration is putting America first.’ 

‘The White House should host a counter conference to emphasize economic prosperity and energy resilience for developing nations, offering the opportunity to pursue real solutions rather than the crippling green policies being pushed at COP,’ they wrote. 

Steve Milloy, senior fellow at the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, told Fox Digital that Trump’s comments this week show the U.S. does not need to deploy any officials to Brazil for the conference. 

‘President Trump this week called climate a hoax and a con job,’ Milloy said. ‘He said countries embracing the green agenda were going to destroy themselves. He slammed the UN as ineffectual. So, there is no need for anyone in the Trump administration to participate in the upcoming U.N. climate conference in Brazil.’ 

‘Instead, President Trump should consider holding a White House event on energy and economic development for poor countries. Let’s move these people forward with proven ideas and opportunities instead of crippling them with green nonsense.’ 

A shocking new report has found that Jew-hatred in the U.S. dramatically spiked in August.

The report from the Combat Antisemitism Movement monitored 694 antisemitic global incidents, an average of 22.4 incidents per day. The volume of antisemitism amounts to more than15.7% more incidents worldwide compared with August 2024.

The United States recorded the highest number of antisemitism incidents in August, with 162 incidents. That represented a 13.3% increase from the 143 incidents recorded in July, noted the CAM report.

Some telling examples cited were in Oregon, where swastikas were painted on the Jewish Museum and ‘Death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]’ vandalism in St. Louis, where cars were torched. 

CAM stated’ 458 of the 694 incidents (66.3%) recorded in August involved Israel-related antisemitism, reflecting the persistent trend of anti-Zionist rhetoric and attacks directed at Jewish individuals and institutions in the ongoing aftermath of the October 7th massacre.’

Anti-Zionism is defined as the rejection of the Jewish state and translates into efforts to dismantle Israel via the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign (BDS) and comparisons with Hitler movement. The German and Austrian parliaments define BDS as antisemitic campaign that recalls the Nazi boycott campaign of Jewish businesses during the Holocaust.

The clear spike of Israel-related antisemitism in August unfolded in multiple examples, according to CAM. In Utah, a brewer built a ‘Dropkick a Zionist’ cider. In France, a Paris air traffic controller blurted out ‘Free Palestine’ to an El Al flight crew.

 In Germany, a Russian national sought to attack the Israeli embassy in Berlin.

 In Spain, the anti-Israel musician Bob Vylan articulated support for ‘armed resistance’ to oppose ‘Israel’s genocide.’  Israel and the Trump administration deny that Israel is engaged in genocidal activity. Critics argue that pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian activists are spreading disinformation. 

Hamas’ charter calls for a genocide of Israel and its October 7, 2023 invasion of Israel, causing the murder of over 1,200 people and the kidnapping of more than 250, was Hamas’ attempt to destroy the Jewish state.

Antisemitism on college campuses across the globe continued to proliferate. CAM noted that in August there 19 acts of antisemitism on institutions of higher learning, 14 of which unfolded in the U.S. The Trump administration launched an aggressive crackdown on academic antisemitism, in contrast to former President Joe Biden’s administration, noted observers of the world’s oldest hatred.

The global surge in denial of the Holocaust also continued. Anti-Israel protesters in Sydney held signs declaring ‘Zionists are neo-Nazis’ and ‘Never again means never again for anyone.’

 In Germany, antisemites vandalized a stone column at a Holocaust memorial in Baden-Baden in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

In France, a Lyon Holocaust memorial was vandalized with the words ‘Free Gaza.’ In the U.S., the radical left-wing and pro-Iran regime group CodePink protested outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Fox News Digital has documented the global antisemitic movement on its website titled Antisemitism Exposed.

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa made history at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, delivering a speech that marked the first time in nearly six decades a Syrian leader has addressed the world body. His appearance in New York drew thousands of Syrian supporters who gathered outside UN headquarters, celebrating what they described as a new chapter for their war-torn country and urging U.S. President Donald Trump to back Syria’s reintegration into the international community.

The moment carried special weight for Syrians abroad, many of whom fled during the country’s 14-year civil war. They waved flags, carried banners, and chanted calls for peace and reconstruction. For them, the sight of a Syrian president welcomed at the U.N. was both symbolic and deeply personal.

Hamza Mustafa, Syria’s information minister, joined the demonstration and told Fox News Digital it was an emotional day. ‘It’s a historical moment for all the Syrian people — after 14 years of conflict, after revolution, after a lot of sacrifice, now we are here representing the Syrian people,’ he said. ‘We are gathering with the Syrian people to say that we are all serious in our struggle for a united and sovereign Syria.’

Mustafa also thanked the Trump administration for steps to ease sanctions, saying, ‘As a government, we say thank you to Mr. Trump for his courage in lifting sanctions on Syria.’

In his U.N. address, President al-Sharaa called for lifting sanctions, pledging to pursue ‘a new Syria built on unity, sovereignty, and peace with its neighbors.’ He said the conflict had brought ‘untold suffering’ and emphasized that ‘Syrians deserve the right to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their country.’

Syria’s Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management, Raad Saleh, addressed reports of a U.S.-brokered security agreement with Israel, telling Fox News Digital: ‘It’s a political decision, and we are leaving it to our president to take that decision. But Syrians are not looking for any conflict anymore — Syrians are only looking for reconstruction and rebuilding.’

The stakes are high: Israel has carried out dozens of strikes across Syria in recent months, targeting what officials say are Iranian-backed forces, weapons depots and positions near the Israeli border. Israeli officials have framed the operations as both a warning to Syria’s new leadership and a move to protect vulnerable minorities such as the Druze, who have faced attacks and massacres under al-Sharaa’s government.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will speak at UNGA on Friday, said in a statement that any deal ‘is contingent on securing Israel’s interests,’ including the ‘demilitarization of southwestern Syria and safeguarding the Druze.’

The rally outside the UN was organized by Dr. Hicham Alnachawati, who emphasized that the new Syrian leadership wants peace — including with Israel.

‘This is a historic moment for us as Syrians. We haven’t seen a president give such a speech at the UN in over 57 years,’ Alnachawati said. ‘We are hoping that this message of peace and prosperity will encourage other world leaders, and especially President Trump, to support lifting the remaining sanctions so we can rebuild a new Syria.’

Alnachawati went further, directly linking Syria’s future to regional reconciliation. ‘We sent a message of peace to establish relations with our neighbors, especially Israel,’ he said. ‘Let’s extend the Abraham Accords here — this is an opportunity for the Trump administration to lead a peace process. Israelis are looking for the same thing, and Syrians are ready for peace, reconstruction, and development.’

Al-Sharaa’s past as a wanted terrorist has drawn sharp criticism from Western officials. When asked about it, Alnachawati responded that people can change, citing U.S. General David Petraeus, who has previously suggested Sharaa had the capacity to evolve into a statesman. 

‘I listened to Petraeus, and he said he saw this man as having hope to change,’ Alnachawati said. ‘He wants to unite Syria, achieve peace in the region, and reflect that peace on the whole world. Syrians are ready to reestablish themselves, to live a normal life like any other citizen, and to extend their hands for peace.’

For many Syrians who resettled in the United States, the day was especially poignant. Shadi Martini, CEO of the Multifaith Alliance and a Syrian who fled at the start of the war and personally met President al-Sharaa in Syria a few months ago, told Fox News Digital, ‘It’s probably been 50 or 60 years since a Syrian president came to the U.N., so it’s very historic and emotional for a lot of Syrian Americans to see. President Sharaa was greeted by so many presidents and foreign dignitaries, and hopefully there will also be a meeting with President Trump.’ 

A young Gazan boy dubbed ‘Amir’ who traveled to a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) distribution site and was reported as having been killed by Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in May, has been found alive hiding out with his mother. 

Both were safely extracted from the Gaza Strip earlier this month, though the location has not been disclosed for their security.

The boy, whose full name was later discovered to be Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, nicknamed Abboud, and who is 8 years old but will turn 9 in October, appeared with his mother, Najlaa, at GHF Secure Distribution Site (SDS) 3 late last month in a heavy disguise to avoid detection, a GHF representative involved in the operation confirmed to Fox News Digital.

An extensive internal operation by the GHF was launched to uncover the identity of the boy in late July after a former GHF employee, Anthony Aguilar, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Army and retired Green Beret Lt. Col. turned alleged ‘whistleblower,’ gave a series of explosive interviews in which he said a 10-year-old boy he called Amir, was killed by IDF forces after leaving a GHF aid site on May 28. 

In his account, Aguilar showed images taken using his cellphone of the boy approaching himself and another contractor clutching bags of food and barefoot. 

The former Green Beret turned GHF contractor for UG Solutions – a subcontractor of the GHF which received $30 million in U.S. government funding to support its ‘critical work’ – described to multiple outlets an emotional encounter he had with the Palestinian child, in which he claimed the boy kissed his hand, touched Aguilar’s face, and thanked him for the supplies of rice and lentils he had found. 

But the footage taken by Aguilar and handed over to GHF officials before it was obtained by Fox News Digital, did not show this interaction ever took place.

The GHF contested Aguilar’s account on several fronts and pointed out the hand the boy kissed was that of Aguilar’s colleague standing to his left, which the footage also showed. 

When asked by Fox News Digital why he said the boy engaged with him in this manner despite what the footage shows, he maintained his story and said, ‘Amir kissed my right hand. He kissed my forehead, too. He thanked us and told us he was very hungry and thankful.’ 

In multiple interviews with various outlets, Aguilar described how the boy then returned to the group where other Palestinians were gathered at the distribution site before they were then dispersed by GHF contractors through the use of pepper spray, tear gas, stun grenades and bullets fired into the air, forcing them to flee the compound.

However, Fox News Digital was told that the GHF did not yet have access to non-lethal arms in the early days of the operations, according to a GHF colleague who was aware of Aguilar’s position at SDS 3 on May 28. 

Additionally, Aguilar claimed that once the Palestinian civilians had been pushed out of the SDS center, IDF forces then opened fire on the crowd and killed ‘Amir,’ along with other Palestinians. He reiterated this claim in an interview late last month in which he told Dialogue Works that the boy had received a ‘shot to the torso, a shot to the leg – dead.’

But the GHF challenged Aguilar’s story – including the location of where he claimed the event occurred.

In one of his first accounts of the incident on July 29 to Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Aguilar claimed the killing happened first outside GHF aid site SDS 1 before telling MSNBC on Aug. 2 that the shooting happened near SDS 2, and then telling Dialogue Works last month the events occurred outside SDS 3. 

On Sept. 9, Chris Hayes gave an update on the report, telling viewers that the boy who was reported dead was, in fact, found to be alive. He said NBC producers had confirmed that the boy was now out of Gaza in an unnamed country. 

Multiple GHF sources confirmed that no such incident was reported at or outside SDS 1 or SDS 3, and SDS 2 was not yet even operational on May 28. 

Fox News Digital confirmed in speaking with multiple sources that Aguilar was on SDS 3 on May 28.

In comments to Fox News Digital, Aguilar said, ‘I sincerely, and with bated breath and joy, hope that Amir is alive. I’ve always said as much. I have been in contact with his family and others, and Amir’s family is not aware that he is alive, only that he is ‘gone’. 

‘I have always said that due to GHF and IDF restrictions from UG S[olutions] personnel moving beyond the concentration camp style corals extending from the North entrance, that I was NOT, say again, NOT able to verify Amir’s death,’ he said. ‘But I did in fact see Palestinians gunned down by IDF machine gun fire at the intersection of the SDS 3 exit and the military corridor, north of SDS 3, where an IDF Merkava tank was located.’

Abboud’s stepmother also later told the GHF that the boy didn’t go missing until July 28, two months after Aguilar said he had been killed.

Abboud ran away to be with his birth mother on July 28 amid a rift with his stepmother’s family, whose custody he was put in following the death of his father, per Palestinian law. 

A GHF representative involved in the operation explained the search to find Abboud became not only a matter necessary to uncover what allegedly happened on May 28, but because there was increasing concern regarding threats posed by Hamas as traction picked up around the story.

The official explained that Hamas had a vested interest in making sure this child was not found, as it would discredit Aguilar’s story that a Palestinian boy had been gunned down by Israeli forces outside a GHF site.

Ultimately, the GHF were able to locate the boy and his birth mother by speaking with local Palestinians and later, a family member who agreed to speak with the team before connecting them with Najlaa. 

She then brought Abboud to the GHF site so that she, her son, and four other male family members whose identities Fox News Digital has agreed to conceal, could be extracted from the Gaza Strip, after at least one of the male family members received direct threats from the Hamas terrorist network.

In an interview shared with Fox News Digital, Najlaa is seen sitting with Abboud and another young male, who was also set to be extracted with them, speaking with GHF officials. 

In the video, which Fox News Digital did not post to protect multiple identities, Abboud refers to Najlaa as his ‘mama’ and, according to a translation of the comments, he says he is happy to be with her while smiling and sitting next to her. 

The identities of Abboud, his mother and his relatives were verified by GHF using facial recognition software that compared the images of the boy with those captured by Aguilar. 

Facial recognition software, biometric data and the death certificate of Abboud’s father, were used by GHF to verify the family members’ identities and relationships, and were also shared with Fox News Digital.

Abboud also brought the shirt he was wearing in the footage taken by Aguilar, which is what the former GHF contractor said the boy was wearing when he was allegedly gunned down.

Aguilar did not respond to Fox News Digital regarding the intact shirt, and said, ‘the new pictures are not Amir.’

When pressed on where specifically he thought there were discrepancies in the images of the boy, he said, ‘Amir in my photos had a scar on his left clavicle. The boy featured by GHF does not. The Amir in my photos from SDS 3, does not have a scar on the right side of his forehead as the GHF’s photos show.’

The GHF representative confirmed that the boy’s scars were in fact used to verify his identity.

‘I believe that is a boy of similar appearance,’ Aguilar said, noting he believes the outcome of the investigation ‘is a lie.’

The GHF spokesperson for the organization, Chapin Fay, called Aguilar’s story regarding the boy and his alleged murder by the IDF ‘false’ during a press conference earlier this month.

Aguilar told Fox News Digital that the GHF statements made against him during a July 29 press conference were ‘libel and slanderous.’

Fay described him as a ‘disgruntled former employee’ who was ‘terminated for cause’ after he engaged in ‘volatile conflicts with staff and erratic behavior.’ 

According to text messages shared with Fox News Digital, Aguilar also did not handle being removed from his role well, and threatened in a text exchange with a GHF official that he ‘could be your best friend, or your worst nightmare’ if they didn’t ‘put [him] back to work.’

David Panzer, counsel for UG Solutions, echoed this belief in a statement he gave on July 29 in which he said, ‘Mr. Aguilar was terminated from his contract with UG Solutions on June 13, 2025, due to poor performance, volatile conflicts with staff, and erratic behavior. 

‘Since termination, Mr. Aguilar has spread a false narrative to media outlets around the world, all at the same time begging UG Solutions to hire him back,’ Panzer added. ‘Mr. Aguilar’s activities in the last several weeks make clear that he’s making good on his threats to, in his own words…be UG Solutions’s ‘worst nightmare’ if they didn’t hire him back.’

Panzer said Aguilar’s comments ‘raise[d] substantial questions of motive.’

Aguilar told Fox News Digital that the GHF statements made against him in the July 29 press conference were ‘libel and slanderous.’