Contrary to claim by PM’s office, loudspeakers placed inside Gaza, not on Israeli side of border

By Emanuel Fabian

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26 September 2025, 3:11 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Contrary to a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, the loudspeakers from which the premier’s UN speech will be broadcast — ostensibly to Gazans — were placed inside the Gaza Strip, and not only on the Israeli side of the border.

Loudspeakers are mounted on a crane at an army post in the northern Gaza Strip to broadcast Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN to Palestinians, September 26, 2025. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

The loudspeakers were mounted on trucks and cranes and taken into Gaza, according to testimonies from soldiers and footage. Some of the loudspeakers were brought to army posts, including those several kilometers deep in the Strip.

A reservist is cited by i24 News as saying that they were woken up in the morning for a mission to escort trucks with loudspeakers: “We didn’t know the real reason, they only told us it was to move the population. They asked for it to be as close to the civilians as possible.”

It is unclear if any Gazans will actually be able to hear Netanyahu’s UN speech.