00:09The love of the Israeli people gives us the strength to continue.
00:13That's the first public reaction from Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel's Prime Minister,
00:18as bizarre reports about Benjamin Netanyahu's death explode online.
00:23But where did these reports begin?
00:25And why is the internet suddenly obsessed with whether Israel's wartime leader is even alive?
00:31As the war between Israel and Iran intensifies,
00:34missiles and drones continue to target Israeli cities almost every night.
00:39And in the middle of this conflict, a strange video clip has sparked a global storm.
00:44On March 14th, Benjamin Netanyahu posted a wartime update on X.
00:49But viewers weren't focusing on his message. They were zooming in on his hand.
00:55Screenshots from the video began circulating online claiming something odd.
00:59That Netanyahu appeared to have six fingers. Six fingers.
01:03For many on social media, that instantly triggered a familiar suspicion.
01:07AI-generated footage.
01:09Soon, Iranian-linked social media accounts and other online users began pushing a dramatic claim.
01:15If the video is fake, maybe Netanyahu himself is missing. Or worse, dead.
01:21Within hours, short clips and captions claiming BB is gone started trending across platforms.
01:27The speculation even drew attention from U.S. commentator Candace Owens,
01:31who publicly questioned the authenticity of the video and asked why Netanyahu's office would release what she called fake AI
01:37footage.
01:39Internet sleuths then noticed another detail. Netanyahu's son, Yair Netanyahu, hasn't posted on X since March 9th.
01:46That silence only added more fuel to the rumors.
01:49Amid the online frenzy, Sarah Netanyahu stepped in with a long Instagram message defending her husband and their supporters.
01:56She claimed there is a powerful political campaign against them, but insisted the support of the Israeli public gives them
02:02the strength to continue.
02:04Even X's own AI chatbot, Grok, weighed into the debate, addressing the viral six-finger screenshots.
02:09According to the chatbot, the so-called extra finger is simply a camera angle illusion, not an AI glitch.
02:16And Israeli officials say the conspiracy theories are baseless.
02:19Fact-checkers point out that Benjamin Netanyahu has been filmed multiple times this month, including during a visit to Ashdod
02:25Port.
02:25So, despite viral claims spreading online, Israel says its Prime Minister is very much alive and still running the country
02:31during wartime.
02:38We are aware that we are aware of the forces in the Middle East and also from abroad.
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