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Danzo was speculating. He didn't say Hanzo is dead as a fact. Like Hawkeye2701 said, Danzo isn't really trustworthy too. Jiraiya went to Ame with no info about a regime change only rumors of one. Plus he was there to get intel about Akatsuki, a side mission was finding out what happened to Hanzo.

I like this arc. It's interesting seeing a new chunin exams and suna and Konoha working together. I have a feeling once the fighting starts someone (maybe Shino) will discover she is a jinchuriki. I think she is one of the first jinchuriki captured by the Akatsuki during the timeskip. We can assume Akatsuki will be monitoring the exams probably via Zetsu.