President Biden said the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as he delivered his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edge toward war and Israel’s bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza nears the one-year mark.

The president’s speech is his last major address on the world stage before he leaves office in January. In it, he spoke of Israel and Gaza, and detailed why he dropped out of the presidential race