Israeli military loudspeaker systems have broadcast Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN into Gaza in an unprecedented operation that immediately prompted controversy and outrage.
In a statement on Friday, an Israeli government spokesperson said: ‘As part of the public diplomacy effort, the prime minister’s office has directed civilian elements, in cooperation with the [Israel Defense Forces], to place loudspeakers on the backs of trucks on the Israeli side of the Gaza border so that prime minister Netanyahu’s historic UN general assembly speech will be heard in the Gaza Strip.’
In addition to the speaker systems, Netanyahu’s office claimed that the Israeli military had taken control of the telephones of Gaza residents ‘and Hamas members’ to broadcast the speech – though there was no evidence from within the devastated Palestinian territory that this actually took place
Israeli loudspeakers broadcast Netanyahu’s speech to UN into Gaza
