Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has asked the Global Sumud Flotilla -- which is trying to ferry humanitarian aid through an Israeli naval blockade to the Gaza Strip -- to deliver its aid to Cyprus, after the group's boats came under drone attack in the Mediterranean Sea.

The prime minister spoke to a largely empty U.N. hall after a walkout by delegates, lashed out at the idea of a Palestinian state and vowed to keep fighting Hamas.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out on Friday at Western countries’ recent recognition of Palestinian statehood, accusing world leaders of “buckling under the pressure of a biased media,

A Palestinian state would be “national suicide” for Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, but many of the diplomats and leaders at the assembly boycotted his remarks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a long history of turning to props and visual aids in his speeches to the U.N.

Adding another layer of controversy: In an unprecedented move, the Israeli military seized control of cellphone networks in Gaza in addition to putting up speakers along the Gazan border to broadcast his remarks live directly to residents and Hamas, Netanyahu announced in his speech.

“There will not be annexation and Netanyahu never intended for there to be an annexation, because he won’t endanger the Abraham Accords,” the official says, referring to Israel’s normalization deals with the UAE, Bahrain and Morocco.

"At the UN General Assembly, I will speak our truth," the Israeli prime minister vowed before boarding his flight to New York.