Israel Iran War · 15 March 2026
Netanyahu sips coffee and counts fingers to shut down viral death rumours
Alexander Khanin via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Concerns grew after Iranian state media and online sources spread rumours of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's death or injury. Netanyahu then shared a video on Sunday, showing him having coffee and speaking with an aide at a Jerusalem cafe. He made a Hebrew slang pun about 'being crazy about' things, applying it to coffee and his people.
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