Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts at a restaurant, amid the U.S.-Israeli battle with Iran, in Jerusalem, March 15, 2026, on this display seize taken from a handout video. Benjamin Netanyahu through Telegram/Handout through Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video of himself getting a cup of espresso and chatting along with his aide on Sunday (March 15, 2026), after rumours that he was useless or injured had been aired by Iranian state media and unfold on-line in Iran.
Within the video, taken at a restaurant in Jerusalem’s outskirts and posted on Mr. Netanyahu’s Telegram account, his aide asks him concerning the rumours.
Iran-Israel conflict updates on March 15, 2026
Mr. Netanyahu responds with a pun on the phrase useless — which in Hebrew slang can be utilized to explain “being loopy about” somebody or one thing — as he reaches for a cup of espresso.
“I’m loopy about espresso. You understand what? I’m loopy about my folks,” Mr. Netanyahu tells the aide.
Reuters verified the video’s location from file imagery of the cafe, which matched the interiors seen within the video. The date was verified from a number of movies and photographs of Mr. Netanyahu’s go to posted by the cafe on Sunday (March 15, 2026).
Because the U.S. and Israel launched assaults on Iran on February 28, Mr. Netanyahu has visited at the least two cities hit by Iranian missiles, a hospital, port and army bases, however there was little to no media entry, and movies had been distributed by his workplace.
Mr. Netanyahu, who not often offers interviews to Israeli press or holds information conferences, convened his first press convention because the begin of the conflict through a video hyperlink on Thursday, an analogous format to the one he utilized in June throughout Israel’s 12-day conflict with Iran.
Emergency security restrictions in Israel since the beginning of the conflict ban public gatherings and have stored most individuals at house or near shelters and protected rooms, with faculties shut throughout many of the nation.
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