Did Benjamin Netanyahu Vow To Join Trump In Fighting Terrorism In Nigeria?
On December 26, 2025, a Facebook user, @YoungJayJay, made a claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined with former US President Donald Trump in vowing to deal with terrorists killing Christians in Nigeria. The post had an image of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, and mass burial of slaughtered christians, with the caption “🚨🎙️BREAKING NEWS. 🔔 🚨 The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Natanyaho joins Trump and vows to deal against the Terrorist$ keeling Christians in Nigeria. Nigeria might likely witness the Israeli elimination of the terrorist$ sponsors in Nigeria . This is his Christmas package to Nigerian Christians as he vows to defend Christians against the jihadists roaming the country. —— Christian Metu ( Young jay jay ) 🗣️ this news take style sweet pass Christmas rice —- enough is a enough it’s high time to flosh away the bad eggs in Nigeria Good new for Nigeria”
When this report was published, this claim had over 51,800 likes, comments and shares.
VERIFICATION
Netanyahu delivered a December 24, 2025 Christmas message where he condemned attacks on Christians in Nigeria and said the violence must stop. He specifically called for Muslim militia attacks harming Christians in Nigeria to end and for persecutors to stop.
During this speech, Netanyahu also highlighted that Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians can freely practice their faith and celebrate religious traditions without fear. However, reports on his Christmas message made no mention of Netanyahu announcing any Israeli military intervention in Nigeria or said that Israel would send forces to eliminate terrorist groups.
While the United States did carry out military action in Nigeria around the same time, its Trump led presidency has said that its airstrikes were conducted in cooperation with the Nigerian government and with Nigerian intelligence support.
CONCLUSION
The claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined Donald Trump to launch or plan Israeli military action in Nigeria to eliminate terrorists is FALSE. Netanyahu publicly condemned attacks on Christians in Nigeria in his Christmas day message but did not announce any Israeli military intervention, operations, or deployment in Nigeria.
