28 December 2024

BIBI: The prime minister was diagnosed with an infection from a “benign enlargement of his prostate.”


 Netanyahu to Have Prostate Removal Surgery on Sunday



The 75-year-old, who had surgery for a hernia this year, was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement. 
He will be taken into hospital on Sunday for the operation to be carried out.
  • Mr Netanyahu underwent a test at Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday, where he was 'diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement,' the prime minister's office said in a statement.
It comes as the country's war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip continues to rage more than 14 months after the Palestinian militants carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
  • In March, he underwent a hernia surgery, while in July last year doctors implanted a pacemaker in Netanyahu after a medical scare.. .
  • He previously underwent a hernia operation in 2013.
During that he was fully sedated and Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Yariv Levin stood in as Acting Prime Minister. 
The war carrying on for over a year now, more than 45,400 Palestinians, over half of them women and children, have been killed and more than 108,000 others wounded, according to the Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatantsDaily Mail Online
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