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After Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli public about the military campaign against Iran, a video purportedly showing the prime minister with an extra finger on his right hand circulated in posts claiming it was AI-generated and proof that his death was being covered up. The higher-quality version posted by the Israeli government, however, does not show Netanyahu with six fingers and he has made public appearances in the days since the video circulated.<\/p>\n
“Netanyahu’s latest video has raised doubts that the footage was generated by artificial intelligence because he appears to have six fingers,” says part of a simplified Chinese Weibo post<\/a> shared on March 14, 2026.<\/p>\n “The question now is whether Netanyahu is actually hiding, has already been killed, or is seriously wounded.”<\/p>\n Attached to the post is a short clip of the Israeli prime minister speaking, which has been slowed down and annotated to supposedly show Netanyahu has six fingers on his right hand.<\/p>\n Such distortions were among the most common anomalies used to identify AI-generated content, particularly in the early days of consumer-grade generative AI. While these anomalies may still occur, they are becoming less and less common as generative AI software improves.<\/p>\n Two screenshots from the clip are also included in the post highlighting perceived anomalies with his hands.<\/p>\n