India, March 15 -- Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in a video on X on Sunday, March 15, to directly address rumours that he'd been killed. A cup in hand at a cafe, he says in between sips, "They say I'm what?".

Speaking in Hebrew, he goes on to flash his hands to show he has five fingers, and not six as was theorised by social media users who said his earlier video was "AI-generated".

The video came after at least two days of X and TikTok posts that said he had been "unalived" or "deleted" - words that people prefer online to "death" as the social-media algorithm allegedly deprioritises that word.

In the video, Netanyahu is seen addressing someone behind the camera, saying: "What did you ask me?"

The person, not seen, says: "Pri...