October 7 attack equal to sixteen 9/11s: Israeli PM Netanyahu in UN speech

…terms, equivalent to 16 September 11 attacks in the United States. Recalling the attack, Netanyahu said Hamas militants had killed about 1,200 people in Israel, including civilians, and abducted 251 others. “ These Hamas monsters, they slaughtered Holocaust survivors. They burned babies alive in front of their parents. They beheaded our men. They brutally raped our women. And then they murdered them. Altogether, they slaughtered 1,200 Israelis that day. I want to give you an idea of what this means for a country of 10 million. Proportionately, this is equal to 40,000 innocent Americans slaughtered in less than 24 hours. That's 16 times 9/11. 16 9/11s that occurred not very far from here. On that darkest of days, our enemies expected us to collapse. Well, we didn't collapse. Instead, we rose and fought like lions. ” Netanyahu's remarks came after days of speeches from world leaders condemning Israel’s war in Gaza and accusing his government of genocide against Palestinians. He rejected the allegations, calling Israeli genocide…