Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied rumors circulating on social media about his death amid the ongoing war with Iran.
Footage appeared on the X website showing Netanyahu with the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said jokingly that US President Donald Trump had asked him to check on the prime minister’s safety.
Netanyahu replied with a smile: “Yes, Mike, yes, I am alive.”
In reference to military developments, Netanyahu showed Huckabee a card from which two names had been crossed out on Tuesday, which is consistent with Israeli reports of the killing of two senior Iranian officials.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency had posted on social media that Netanyahu had been killed or injured, asserting that the prime minister’s recent recordings were generated by artificial intelligence.
