Israel posts photo of Netanyahu ordering strikes on Iran leadership amid death buzz
India Today
Israel shared a photo of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordering strikes on Iran's leadership, even as authorities pushed back against viral but unverified claims about his death. The post comes amid escalating hostilities with Iran and a parallel information war marked by misinformation and official rebuttals.
The Israeli Prime Minister's office on Tuesday shared a photograph of Benjamin Netanyahu purportedly ordering strikes targeting senior figures in Iran’s leadership, as it moved to counter a surge of unverified claims online about his death.
Posted on the government’s official X handle, the image was captioned: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordering the elimination of senior Iranian regime officials,” and showed him in a command setting as tensions with Iran remain sharply escalated.
The post comes amid a swirl of online speculation, including conspiracy theories suggesting Netanyahu had been killed or incapacitated in Iranian strikes – claims that Israeli authorities and independent fact-checkers have repeatedly debunked, reiterating that the prime minister is alive and continuing to conduct state business.
Israeli officials have presented the image as evidence of Netanyahu directly overseeing decisions on targeted strikes against Iran’s leadership, against the backdrop of a widening Israeli-US offensive involving sustained air and missile attacks on Iranian military and strategic assets.
Tensions between the two sides have reached rare highs, with Israeli strikes reportedly killing senior Iranian figures, including Ali Larijani, while Tehran has responded with waves of missile and drone attacks across the region.
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