Benjamin Netanyahu to have prostate removed after urinary tract infection

The Israeli Prime Minister will undergo surgical removal of his prostate on December 29, 2024.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be hospitalized Sunday to have his prostate removed after being diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from benign prostatic hyperplasia, his office said.

Urinary tract infection

The Israeli prime minister underwent several tests at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, “where he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from benign prostatic hyperplasia”, a press release said.

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First treated with antibiotics, he subsequently decided that he would undergo this surgical procedure: “The Prime Minister will therefore undergo a prostate removal”, an operation scheduled for this Sunday.

It is not yet known whether Benjamin Netanyahu will attend the cabinet meeting scheduled for today.

Already operated twice in recent years

According to Le Parisien, the Israeli Prime Minister has already undergone two operations recently. A first time in July 2023 for the implantation of a pacemaker and a second time last March for a hernia.

Aged 73, Benjamin Netanyahu, he has been the leader of the Hebrew state since 1996, despite a 10-year hiatus between 1999 and 2009. He comes from the National Conservative Party.

Since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 on Israel, it carries out regular attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon in particular. Ceasefire agreements are under discussion. The Israeli Prime Minister, as well as the head of the armed wing of Hamas Mohammed Deif , is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Court of Justice.