'We're winning,' Netanyahu tells UN, warning Iran there's nowhere Israel can't reach – live | Israel

• Israel Benjamin Netanyahu He addressed the United Nations General Assembly and said his country was on the rise. He stated that there is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach and called for a peace agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

• Speaking of Hezbollah: Netanyahu said “enough is enough” and that “we will not rest until our citizens can safely return to their homes.”

• The Israeli leader also criticized the United Nations and the ICC prosecutor, saying no army had done what Israel was doing to minimize civilian casualties.

• Earlier, the prime minister said in a statement that Israeli teams held meetings on Thursday to discuss the US ceasefire proposals and would continue discussions in the coming days. “Israel shares the goals of the US-led initiative to enable people along our northern border to return safely to their homes,” the statement said.

• British Defense Secretary John Healey is looking “very carefully” at a rumored Israeli ground invasion of Lebanon and that airstrikes and rocket fire between Israel and Hezbollah pose a “risk of this escalating to something more widespread and serious.”

• The Lebanese Minister of Health, Firass Abiadsaid 25 people had been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the early hours of today. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, almost 700 people have been killed in Lebanon this week.

• Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis said they attacked Tel Aviv and Ashkelon with a ballistic missile and a drone.

• The United Nations said on Friday that a “catastrophic” intensification of Israeli attacks on Hezbollah militants had left Lebanon facing its deadliest period in years and its hospitals overwhelmed with victims.

• According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), more than 30,000 people, mostly Syrians, have entered Syria from Lebanon in the last 72 hours.

• Australia suggested the world set “a clear timetable for the international declaration of Palestinian statehood” in a sign of growing frustration over the stalled peace process.

• Palestinian gunmen shot and killed a U.S. aid worker in the Gaza Strip while firing at her car in what officials said was a case of mistaken identity.

A small group of anti-government protesters gathered outside the luxury Loews Regency hotel on Park Avenue.Benjamin Netanyahu Protesters gathered across the street. Some waved Israeli flags, others held signs depicting Netanyahu's face with a red handprint.

One protester, Yehuda Cohen, 55, condemned Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations.

“While there is an intense war going on in Israel, he is preoccupied with himself… he thinks he is the great talker, he is going to save Israel by talking, he is actually destroying Israel. He is responsible for the events of October 7th,” Cohen said.

“He has to put everything aside, end the war and make a hostage deal. I want my son to come home again. I sent my son to the army so he could protect Israel. On October 7th, they were outnumbered, he was neglected and kidnapped…The Israeli government does nothing for a hostage deal, it does everything to prevent a hostage deal,” Cohen added.

Netanyahu also stressed the need to reach a peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, citing the experience of the Abraham Accords.

“I tell you what a blessing such a peace with Saudi Arabia would bring – it would be a boon to the security and economy of our two countries, it would boost trade and tourism throughout the region, it would help “transform the Middle East into a global juggernaut,” he said.

“Such a peace would certainly be a real turning point in history: it would usher in a historic reconciliation between the Arab world and Israel, between Islam and Judaism, between Mecca and Jerusalem,” the Israeli leader said.

“One of the best ways to thwart Iran’s nefarious plans is to achieve peace,” he added.

Speaking of Hezbollah: Benjamin Netanyahu said the group had murdered the citizens of many countries and attacked Israel without cause.

“Enough is enough,” he said. “We will not rest until our citizens can safely return to their homes,” he added. “We will not accept a terrorist army stationed on our northern border capable of carrying out another October 7-style massacre,” he said.

“There is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach, and that applies to the entire Middle East,” Netanyahu said at the UN General Assembly.

“We are winning,” he declared, showing a card he called a “curse” of Iranian influence and another he called a blessing.

Netanyahu also called for an end to “appeasement” of Iran. Everything must be done to ensure that Iran does not acquire nuclear weapons, the Israeli head of state added.