The office of Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly denied viral social media claims suggesting the Israeli Prime Minister had been assassinated. Responding to an inquiry from Anadolu Agency, officials clarified that the reports circulating online were completely false and confirmed that Netanyahu is safe.

Commentators, including Candace Owens, expressed concerns regarding the video's legitimacy and Netanyahu's absence.

The speculation also comes after Howard Stoffer, a former White House insider, recently warned about potential security risks facing Yair Netanyahu amid heightened tensions linked to the ongoing conflict involving Israel.

Israel's 'dignity, independence and sovereignty' are not for sale, President Isaac Herzog has said, responding to his US counterpart Donald Trump's repeated call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pardon in a corruption trial.

The Israeli Prime Minister's officials state that rumours regarding Netanyahu's death are false.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in Israel has claimed that its prime minister is ‘fine’ following a surge in speculations over his death. Theories about Netanyahu’s death have gone viral on social media over recent days as the conflict in the Middle East rages on.

Online users alleged the Israeli government used artificial intelligence to hide the fact the prime minister died during an Iranian missile attack.

X's AI chatbot, Grok, had also debunked several social media speculations and reiterated that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is alive.

Social media platforms were flooded with questions asking whether the Israeli leader had been targeted in an air strike after a clip was shared of him speaking with six fingers in his right hand.

The US-Israeli strikes have significantly weakened Iran and its clerical leadership but cannot guarantee regime change in the country without an internal uprising, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his first press briefing since the start of the war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was killed in an Iranian missile attack on Israel in early March 2026. In early March 2026, a rumor spread online that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been killed in an Iranian missile attack on Israel.