Overview
- Netanyahu’s office told Newsweek the prime minister is well and labeled the death claims fake news.
- Newsweek’s review of the original government livestream shows five fingers throughout, while the widely shared excerpts were shorter and lower quality.
- The viral snippets began roughly 50 seconds into the eight‑minute broadcast, where compression and motion created a brief six‑finger illusion.
- Netanyahu posted a video on X joking he could only die for a coffee and invited viewers to count his fingers.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard vowed to pursue and kill Netanyahu, as Israel reported a large‑scale strike wave in western Iran and ordered new evacuations in parts of southern Beirut.