‘Let My People Go!’ Netanyahu Says He Hacked the Cell Phones of All Gazans to Deliver a Message

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday and chastized some of his fellow world leaders in a defiant speech, vowing to “finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza.

Netanyahu also claimed that Israeli intelligence had managed to hack every cell phone in Gaza to broadcast his address on every device in the Strip, allowing him to speak directly to the people of Gaza as well as the remaining Israeli hostages.

“Much of the world no longer remembers October 7th, but we remember. Israel remembers October 7th. On that day, well, I’ll tell you, you can remember October 7th, too. You see this large pin here? It’s a QR code. What I ask you to do is hold up your phones, zoom in. And you too will see why we fight and why we must win. It’s all in here. On October 7th, Hamas carried out the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust,” began Netanyahu, who is known for bringing props to his UN speeches.

“They slaughtered 1,200 innocent people, including over 40 Americans and foreign nationals from dozens of countries represented here. They beheaded men. They raped women. They burned babies alive. They burned babies alive in front of their parents. What monsters. And these monsters took more than 250 people hostage,” he continued, adding:

And those included Holocaust survivors, grandmothers, grandmothers and their grandchildren. Who takes hostage grandmothers and grandchildren? Hamas does. So far, we’ve brought home 207 of these hostages. But 48 still remain in the dungeons of Gaza. 20 of them are alive, starved, tortured, deprived of any daylight, deprived of humanity.

“These are the names of the 20 living hostages,” he continued before speaking their names and adding:

Now, ladies and gentlemen, I want to do something I’ve never done before. I want to speak from this forum directly to those hostages through loudspeakers. I’ve surrounded Gaza with massive loudspeakers connected to this microphone in the hope that our dear hostages will hear my message. And I’ll say it first in Hebrew and then in English. Until we all return home, alive and well together.

After speaking in Hebrew, he continued, “Our brave heroes. This is Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking to you live from the United Nations. We have not forgotten you, not even for a second. The people of Israel are with you. We will not falter and we will not rest until we bring all of you home.

“Ladies and gentlemen, thanks to special efforts by Israeli intelligence, my words are now also being carried. They’re streamed live to the cell phones of Gazans. So to the remaining Hamas leaders and to the jailers of our hostages, I now say, lay down your arms. Let my people go. Free the hostages. All of them, the whole 48, free the hostages now. If you do, you will live. If you don’t, Israel will hunt you down.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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