Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu related to some strange claims on the Internet that he had been killed in Iranian missile attacks on Israel. I am not sure why he gave them any credence and felt the need to show himself as alive - he is out there enough anyway in the news, and even did a rare press conference a few days ago. But, for whatever reason, he did and went to a coffee shop really a "coffee cart, Sataf, just outside of Jerusalem and made a video of his appearance there, drinking coffee, showing he has five fingers on each hand, and laughing at the claims he is dead.

Instead of putting the claims to rest, Netanyahu's video flared up the claims of Netanyahu being dead, the video being made by AI, the use of a double and it not really being him, etc.. 

Add this to the claims online being made about the destruction of Tel Aviv and of Israel with Iranian missiles raining destruction on Israel and laying Tel Aviv in ruins. 

To be fair, Iran's ballistic missiles have done some damage around Israel and have tragically killed several people in Israel. The vast majority of Iran's missiles have been shot down. Some damage done is far from the level of destruction that is being claimed and depicted.

Now, I dont really get what the point of making these claims is. Israel is still functioning. If Netanyahu is dead (he isn't) we would elect another Prime Minister. the IDF is still being led to destroy Iranian targets, whether it is being led by netanyahu or by someone else (it is being led by Netanyahu)..  what is the point of these claims and in what way do those making them benefit? Are they simply trying to paint a false narrative to their followers?

So why is this history repeating itself?

In all of Israel's wars, going back to 1948, the enemy Arab countries told their people they were destroying Israel and Israel was losing and would be wiped off the map. What was their endgame?  just to keep their people motivated? Their lies were their downfall. They suffer to this day for believing those lies, and they continue to believe those lies even today. 

History does repeat itself, even in a different playing field.