"Six Fingers?" Netanyahu Responds to Death Rumors with Video Showing All Five Fingers

Video Posted on Facebook and Telegram

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, held a press conference in Jerusalem on February 26 (local time). Photo by UPI

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, who has recently been the subject of death rumors, addressed the suspicions by showing all five fingers in a video taken during a visit to a cafe on the 15th (local time).

According to the Associated Press, Prime Minister Netanyahu posted a video of himself drinking coffee at a cafe in the outskirts of Jerusalem on his social media accounts, including Facebook and Telegram, on the same day.

In the video, when an aide asked him about the death rumors, Netanyahu responded in Hebrew, "I love coffee so much, I could die for it. You know that? I love our people so much, I could die for them," while drinking his coffee.

He also spread his fingers, seemingly to prove that the video was not generated by artificial intelligence (AI).

The 'Netanyahu death rumor' spread after an unverified claim circulated about a video speech by the Prime Minister released on the 13th, which alleged that "six fingers can be seen on his right hand, indicating the video was generated by AI."

However, experts noted that, due to filming and lighting angles, fingers can temporarily appear unnatural in videos and thus did not give much credibility to the death rumors about him.

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