Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage Friday at the United Nations to a mass walkout of delegations as well as cheers from supporters invited to the audience.

Delegates were called to order as Netanyahu began his speech, the first of the day at the annual General Assembly.

Netanyahu said his country has "crushed the bulk" of armed Palestinian group Hamas's "terror machine" and sought to finish the job "as fast as possible."

A sign left by the Iranian delegation with images of children they say were killed by Israel.PHOTO:REUTERS

Netanyahu celebrated what he said was a series of Israeli strategic victories in the past year that also included targeting Iran's nuclear program and assassinating the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon.

In Gaza, the civil defence

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