Arab and Muslim national leaders are pushing Hamas to accept the Gaza plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week, saying the need to end the fighting surpasses concern about the finer details.

As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began speaking at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, dozens of people walked out of the room in protest.

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directly addressed hostages in his United Nations speech, which he said was being broadcast in Gaza via loudspeakers.

The address, which began at 9 a.m., has so far largely focused on perceived threats against Israel in the Middle East.

Ahead of Netanyahu’s U.N. speech, his office announced the unveiling of a “public diplomacy campaign” in New York City. They organized billboards and trucks to display the message: “Remember October 7” in Times Square and around the U.N. building.

President Donald Trump is speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, as world leaders convene in New York for the body's 80th session.

A draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza was blocked by Washington because it failed to call out Hamas as a terrorist organization.

Hamas says it will study U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza both within the group and with other Palestinian factions before responding.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to President Donald Trump's peace proposal, ending the war in Gaza if Hamas can also agree.

United States President Donald Trump says Hamas has “three or four days” to respond to his Gaza ceasefire proposal, telling reporters that Israeli and Arab leaders had already accepted the plan. “Hamas is either going to be doing it or not, and if it’s not, it’s going to be a very sad end,” Trump said at the White House on Tuesday.

Mamdani stopped short of condemning the militant group after Netanyahu used his defiant address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday to declare that Israel must “finish the job” in its