The Israeli army on Friday seized control of mobile phones belonging to residents in Gaza, broadcasting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations directly to their devices.

Calling it an “unprecedented operation", the announcement was made through the official Prime Minister of Israel account on X. It said the army had “taken control of the telephones of Gaza residents and Hamas members" to stream the live address from the UN building in New York.

“In an unprecedented action, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a live broadcast from the UN building in New York, has announced that the IDF took control of the telephones of Gaza residents and Hamas members, and that his speech is now being broadcast live via the telephones," Netanyahu’s office wrote.

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