Gate News reports that on March 16, according to PolyBeats monitoring, seven new accounts placed a total of $104,000 on the prediction market Polymarket, betting “Yes” on the question “Will Netanyahu step down before March 31?” with the current price at 3.7 cents.
Recently, rumors about Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s health, even suggesting he has suffered an incident, have been spreading on social media. The cause was a widely questioned video of his speech posted on his official Twitter, which many believe was AI-generated. The video showed several obvious AI flaws, including “six fingers.” Additionally, Netanyahu’s son, who usually posts frequently on social media daily, has been completely silent for the past few days, not posting anything.
12 hours ago, Netanyahu’s Twitter account posted a new video with the caption “They say I’m what? Watch,” attempting to personally clarify the rumors. However, this refutation video did not fully quell the controversy. Some observers and netizens pointed out that the facial lighting and shadow transitions in the new video still appeared stiff, with subtle unnatural delays between lip movements and voice, and the video did not show any concrete evidence to verify the specific time it was recorded, leading some to suspect it might be a more advanced AI-generated video or early pre-recorded footage.