Netanyahu's comments came after President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, said earlier that he would not send U.S. troops to the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed false rumors regarding his death during a press conference today. He mocked the rumours by stating, "I'm alive and you're all witnesses," before discussing the ongoing conflict with Iran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to hold a press conference for foreign media on the Iran war at 8:30 p.m. local time, six hours ahead of the U.S. East Coast, as the U.S. counterterrorism director has resigned in protest that Israel triggered the war and Iran strikes oil and gas sites in the Gulf states in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Iranian oil infrastructure.

Senator Chris Van Hollen dispelled rumors that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dead.

The fallout has raised questions about how aligned the two leaders are in conducting a war that initially began as a closely coordinated effort.

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s diverging language on Israel’s decision to attack a critical Iranian gas field marks the most notable difference of opinion between the two leaders since the start of the war against Iran.

Benjamin Netanyahu has firmly denied claims that Israel pulled the US into the Iran war, saying Donald Trump made his own call. He also revealed Israel acted alone in a key gas field strike, even as signs of differences between Washington and Tel Aviv begin to show.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Iran is being "decimated" and it is unclear who is in charge, even as the Islamic Republic kept up attacks on Gulf oil and gas targets that have jolted global markets.