Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu pokes fun at online assassination rumors: ‘They say I’m what?’

WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin made it clear Sunday that he is very much alive.

The Israeli PM seemingly poked fun at online rumors of his demise, posting a video of himself buying a drink at a coffee shop, joking that it was dangerous because of the calorie count.

Rumors about Netanyahu being assassinated began circulating online late last week after some netizens thought they spotted him having six fingers during a speech he gave, and surmised it was an artificially generated video of him.

During the video post on Sunday, it was clear that the Israeli prime minister had five fingers on both of his hands. He also made small talk in the coffee shop about the war in Iran.

“We are doing things that I cannot share at this moment, but we are doing things,” he said, per a Google translation of his conversation in Hebrew. “We are hitting Iran very hard, even on this day, and in Lebanon, we are continuing.”

“Thank you for the coffee. It is excellent. I don’t know about the calories. It seems very dangerous to me,” he joked.

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