Gaza, Palestinian future to dominate UN gathering | News Flash

UNITED NATIONS, United States, Sept 19, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - More than 140 world leaders will descend on New York next week for the annual United Nations General Assembly summit, which will be dominated this year by the future of the Palestinians and Gaza. One world leader who will miss the gathering is Mahmud Abbas, the Palestinian president who Washington denied US visas to attend, along with his officials. Two years after the beginning of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, triggered by the unprecedented Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the humanitarian catastrophe ravaging the small Palestinian territory will dominate debates at the high-level event. Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of...