Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a map while speaking at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Telling the Hamas to “lay down arms,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his address at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, said that “Israel must finish the job in Gaza as fast as possible” and told the hostages still held by the Palestinian militants they were not forgotten.

“Let my people go” and “free the hostages,” he said, adding, “If you do you will live, if you don’t, Israel will hunt you down.”

Displaying a large QR code on his lapel, containing Israel’s account of the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, Netanyahu hailed Israel’s military operations in Gaza,

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