Netanyahu defends Israeli military as delegates walk out before UN speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country's military campaigns in Iran, Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East before the UN General Assembly, vowing "We're going to win" after dozens of delegates walked out in protest. He called the walkouts "moral cowards" and rejected accusations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza; Netanyahu faces an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. In a recorded message, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas — addressing the gathering by video after being denied a US entry visa — said Israeli policies, particularly settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, threaten Palestinian existence and jeopardise the two-state solution.