Benjamin Netanyahu announces he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer

2026-04-24 17:08:38 / BOTA ALFA PRESS
Benjamin Netanyahu announces he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. 

Netanyahu explained that he underwent treatment that eliminated the problem and left no trace of it. 

"Today my annual medical report was published. I requested that its publication be postponed by two months, so that it would not be published at the height of the war, so as not to allow the Iranian terrorist regime to spread even more false propaganda against Israel," he said in a statement. 

"I had a minor medical problem with my prostate that was completely treated. Thank God, I've put it behind me," he added, noting that he is healthy and currently in "excellent physical condition." 

Netanyahu said he successfully underwent surgery for a benign enlarged prostate a year and a half ago and during his latest medical monitoring, "a small spot less than a centimeter in the prostate was discovered." 

"After examination, it turned out to be a very early stage of a malignant tumor, without any spread or metastasis," Netanyahu said.  

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