Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was killed and injured in an Iranian retaliatory attack, according to reports. Photo: Collected
A few days ago, Israel and the United States carried out a joint attack on Iran. In this, the country's Supreme Leader Khamenei was killed along with many others. Tehran later launched retaliatory attacks targeting US bases and Israeli installations across the Middle East. It also reported an attack on the office of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
On Monday, Iran's Tasnim News Agency published a report suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have been killed or injured.
The Persian-language report did not provide evidence of an attack on Netanyahu or any official confirmation of damage. Instead, it highlighted several circumstantial facts, including the absence of a recent video clip of Netanyahu, reports in Hebrew-language media of tight security around his home, the postponement of a reported visit by Jared Kushner and US special envoy Steve Witkoff, and a French text of a phone call between French President Emmanuel Macron and Netanyahu, where the date of the conversation was not specified.
Tasnim's report also relies on a secondhand claim by former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter, citing Russian media, that Iran bombed Netanyahu's compound and killed his brother. However, Tasnim noted that this information has not been officially confirmed or denied.
Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post reported that the article is a familiar form of Iranian and pro-Iranian information warfare, where factual pieces of public information are given a dramatic narrative and then circulated as if they point to a hidden event.
Tasnim is widely described as being affiliated with or close to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the US Treasury has listed the outlet as affiliated with the IRGC.
It further claims that Netanyahu made an official statement released by the Prime Minister's Office on March 7, and that the Israeli government's main portal also shows him visiting a site in Beersheba on March 6.
Independent reports in recent days have also mentioned his public activities, including a phone call with Macron that was reported by the Elysee and reported by The Jerusalem Post on March 5.
The report says this is not the first time Iran has made claims about Netanyahu's whereabouts during the war. According to the Times of Israel, at the start of the war, the Iranian military claimed that Netanyahu's fate was "unclear," while Netanyahu's office dismissed an alleged attack as "fake news." Xinhua also reported on March 2 that residents near Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem had seen no signs of a missile strike, despite similar Iranian claims.
In a time of rapidly evolving conflict, the absence of new Netanyahu videos, vague official statements, or changes in a guest's schedule can become the raw material for conspiracy theories. That's what Tasnim's latest report seems to suggest. It doesn't prove anything, says the Jerusalem Post.
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It also claims that in Israeli public life, security arrangements for senior leaders change frequently during wartime, and official communications are routinely issued in text form. None of this is evidence of killings or serious injuries. As of Monday evening, no reliable public source had been able to confirm Tasnim's theory.
Source: Jerusalem Post
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