Amidst the rumors spreading on social media about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Ambassador to India Reuven Azar has given a big statement. He clarified that Netanyahu is completely healthy and alive. Azar also said that the cafe video that surfaced recently is absolutely genuine and has not been made with any kind of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.

The ambassador called the rumors baseless
Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar rejected the speculations going on on social media and said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ‘alive and completely healthy’. He said that the video going viral on the internet is real and it has not been created with the help of AI.

Netanyahu seen drinking coffee in a cafe
Recently Netanyahu posted a short video on social media platform X. In this video, he was seen comfortably drinking coffee in a cafe. In the video, he also raised his hand for a while, in which five fingers of his hand were clearly visible.

Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar in a Press Conference has said that “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is very much alive and the video released from the cafe yesterday is not an AI”. @ReuvenAzar @IsraelinIndia

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Controversy increases due to discussion of ‘AI glitch’ with six fingers
In fact, earlier it was being claimed on social media that in an old video of Netanyahu, six fingers were visible on his hand due to an AI glitch. For this reason, many people also started claiming that the video was made with deepfake or AI.

Rumors of death also went viral
After these claims, it was even said in some social media posts that Netanyahu was dead and the videos released in his name were being made through AI. These rumors quickly spread on many platforms, leading to a debate about the credibility of the video released by the Prime Minister’s Office.

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Israeli officials denied
However, Israeli officials have termed all these claims as completely false. Ambassador Azar said that the video of Netanyahu drinking coffee in a cafe clearly shows that he is alive and there is no truth in the claims of AI tampering.