Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery to remove his prostate on Sunday after being diagnosed with an infection. This was announced on Saturday by his office, TASR reports based on a report by the AFP agency. Netanyahu will be operated on at a time when his country is fighting a more than 14-month-long war against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which was sparked by a large-scale militant attack on Israel on October 7 last year.
The Israeli Prime Minister was undergoing tests at Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday. He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection due to a benign prostate enlargementhis office said. “Therefore, the Prime Minister will undergo an operation to remove the prostate tomorrow,” she added. In March, Netanyahu underwent a hernia operation, and in July of last year, doctors implanted a pacemaker after health problems.