The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed widespread rumors circulating on social media claiming he was assassinated or seriously injured during an alleged Iranian strike.
Images shared online in recent hours appeared to show a man resembling Netanyahu severely wounded and being dragged by soldiers from rubble, with some posts claiming the Israeli leader had been killed in retaliation for joint U.S.–Israeli strikes against Iran.
In response, Netanyahu’s office firmly rejected the reports, describing them as “false news” and confirming that the prime minister is in good health.
Hebrew-language media outlets also reported that the images spreading on social platforms were generated using artificial intelligence and do not depict real events.
According to the official website of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, the last confirmed Israeli government meeting attended by Netanyahu took place on March 12, further contradicting claims that he had been killed in an Iranian airstrike on March 9.
The rumors circulated widely amid heightened regional tensions following escalating military exchanges between Iran and Israel, which have fueled waves of misinformation and unverified reports online.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement on Sunday vowing to take revenge against Netanyahu in response to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during the initial strikes carried out by Israel and the United States on Tehran.
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