Summary
On October 25, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted on X an AI-generated image depicting a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv, accompanied by a warning about an “another genocide” and messaging urging concerned Israelis to vote, according to Haaretz. The article notes the image had been posted earlier on X by Yuval Bloomberg and was reshared by Netanyahu.
Netanyahu’s opponents described the post as scare tactics in the run-up to the election, and Israel’s Channel 12 reported that White House officials expressed concern the social-media post could be misread by Iranian officials and risk escalating the conflict.