Delegates storm out of UN assembly as Netanyahu begins speech

Scores of delegates have stormed out of the UN General Assembly as Benjamin Netanyahu began his speech defending Israel’s war in Gaza.

Several hundred diplomats from around the world are staging the walkout from the assembly hall in New York, while Netanyahu’s supporters try to take attention away from the spectacle by loudly applauding and standing for several minutes. 

It comes just moments after the IDF confirmed that it was ordered by Netanyahu’s office to broadcast the premier’s UN speech to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as part of an ‘influence campaign.’ 

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