By The Jerusalem Post (World News) | Created at 2024-09-27 18:00:14 | Updated at 2024-09-30 07:18:24
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Netanyahu had been in New York to address the high-level opening session of the 79th General Assembly.
By TOVAH LAZAROFF SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 20:33 Updated: SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 20:34
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 27, 2024.
(photo credit: REUTERS/MIKE SEGAR)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut his trip to New York short and plans to leave for Israel Friday night on Shabbat, following the IDF strike on Beirut that targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The US had been notified shortly before the strike.
Netanyahu had been in New York to address the high-level opening session of the 79th General Assembly.
He had initially been scheduled to arrive on Tuesday, but landed on Thursday morning instead due to the escalating situation in Lebanon, with a plan of returning on Saturday night after the Sabbath.
This is the second time he has flown on the Sabbath due to the IDF-Hezbollah violence. He also cut short his trip to Washington in July after a missile killed twelve children in Majdal Shams on Israel's northern border, flying home on Saturday afternoon.
