For the better part of Friday, March 13, 2026, posts circulating on social media claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had died following Iranian missile strikes. The unverified reports alleged that Netanyahu was killed alongside his brother, Iddo Netanyahu, after missiles struck their residences. Other claims suggested he died during early morning strikes on
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed deploying his country’s most experienced drone defence specialists to Middle Eastern capitals to help protect civilian populations from Iranian attacks, on the condition that regional leaders secure a temporary ceasefire with Russia in Kyiv’s protracted war. Zelensky made the offer in an interview with Bloomberg News, in which he