News Wrap: Netanyahu calls allegations of genocide in Gaza 'the biggest lie'
In our news wrap Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery speech at the U.N. General Assembly and dismissed allegations of genocide in Gaza, eight people were killed in the latest barrage of Russian drones and missiles in Ukraine and Texas election officials are scrambling to clear a backlog of voter registration applications caused by an error at the state level.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that accusations of genocide in Gaza are "the biggest lie of the century" during his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. He argued that Israel had prevented a greater catastrophe and had done everything possible to protect civilians. The Israeli leader criticized New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, calling him an "antisemitic mayor" and accusing him of spreading lies about Israel and its soldiers.
Mamdani responded by accusing Netanyahu of repeating baseless lies meant to sanitize his "genocide" of Palestinians.
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