Netanyahu says Israel must ‘finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza

Daily News Article   —   Posted on September 29, 2025

NOTE:

• On October 7, 2023, thousands of armed Hamas terrorists invaded Israel.
• The terrorists split up and made their way to a number of Israeli towns, a music festival taking place in an open field, and IDF (Israel Defense Forces) bases surrounding Gaza.
• The Hamas terrorists invaded towns, shooting everything in sight. They broke into civilian homes, shooting, burning, raping and beheading men, women and children, old and young. Over 1,300 civilians were murdered, and over 200 were abducted. Hamas terrorists briefly took control of about 10 Israeli towns, terrorizing and brutalizing their residents.
• Two years later, these Hamas terrorists still hold 18 live hostages and 30 murdered hostages in Gaza. (from Google and IDF)

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(by Josh Christenson and Caitli Doornbos, NY Post) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly in [an] address on Friday that his nation must “finish the job” in its war against Hamas terrorists and secure the release of all remaining hostages from Gaza.

“The final remnants of Hamas are holed up in Gaza City. They vow to repeat the atrocities of Oct. 7 again and again and again — no matter how diminished their forces,” declared Netanyahu, ignoring a walkout by dozens of delegates just before he began his remarks.

“That is why Israel must finish the job; that is why we want to do so as fast as possible.”

[In addition], Netanyahu called for the total defeat of Iran and its “terror axis” proxies in Iraq, Syria and Yemen — while taking a victory lap over Israel’s decimation of Hezbollah’s ranks in Lebanon.

“Remember those beepers?” Netanyahu said of Israel’s devastating September 2024 operation in which explosives were placed inside pagers carried by Hezbollah terrorists.

“We paged Hezbollah. And believe me, they got the message. And thousands of terrorists dropped to the ground.”

Netanyahu also rejected recognition of a Palestinian state, which several US allies [including the UK, France, Canada and Australia] have done ahead of this year’s General Assembly.

“Giving the Palestinians a state, one mile from Jerusalem after Oct. 7,” he said, “is like giving al Qaeda a state one mile from New York City after Sept. 11.”

“This is sheer madness, it’s insane and we won’t do it,” he added. “We will not commit national suicide because you [Western leaders] don’t have the guts to face down a hostile media and antisemitic mobs demanding Israel’s blood.”

Netanyahu later accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and others who moved to officially recognize a Palestinian state of sending a message to the rest of the world that “murdering Jews pays off” while giving Hamas “a pass” on its “genocidal” ambitions.

“Israel is accused of deliberately starving the people of Gaza when Israel is deliberately feeding the people of Gaza,” he [emphasized] at one point. “Since the beginning of the war, Israel has let into Gaza more than 2 million tons of food and aid.”

“That’s 1 ton of aid for every man, woman, and child in Gaza, nearly 3,000 calories per person per day,” he added. “Some starvation policy.”

(An “average” man is advised to consume between 2,000 and 3,000 calories daily.)

Netanyahu also sent a message of hope to the remaining hostages [which he gave first in Hebrew then in English], with loudspeakers set up across Gaza to broadcast portions of his speech.

“Our brave heroes, this is Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking to you, live from the United Nations,” he told them. “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.”

The prime minister also sent a message to Palestinian civilians on their cellphones, which he [noted] had been hacked by [Israeli] intelligence [to send the message through].

“To the remaining Hamas leaders and to the jailers of our hostages, I now say, ‘Lay down your arms. Let my people go,’” Netanyahu said, quoting Moses.

“Free the hostages, all of them, the whole 48, free the hostages,” he added. “Now if you do, you will live. If you don’t, Israel will hunt you down.”

As he spoke, dozens of anguished families of hostages kidnapped or killed by the Palestinian terror group gathered [outside the UN] and blasted Netanyahu, desperately urging him to end the war and secure the release of the 48 remaining captives.

“Too many of our people are being killed, too many are being killed,” Orna Neutra, the mother of hostage Omer Neutra, said outside the UN while holding her son’s photo.

“We need this war to end. It’s time for action, not long speeches. To all world leaders, bring our hostages home, bring them home now. Bring them home! All of them back.”

….. The father of dual Israeli-US hostage Itay Chen, who was killed by Hamas on Oct. 7 said,

“I hope that the Prime Minister understands that he has a job to finish. The job is to get 48 hostages home. Not 20, not 15, and not five. All 48 hostages need to get out and we want all them now, we want all of them now.”

Published at NY Post on September 26. Reprinted here for educational purposes only. May not be reproduced on other websites without permission.