Netanyahu reveals he concealed prostate cancer amid the war with Iran and says he is “fully recovered”
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced this Friday that he was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and has already been successfully treated, after months of not making the information public in the midst of the regional conflict.
The 76-year-old leader explained that the tumor was detected during a routine check-up and eliminated through targeted radiotherapy, leaving no trace. The official medical report confirms that he is currently in good health.
The news was released along with his annual medical report, which had been deliberately delayed for two months. According to Netanyahu himself, the decision responded to national security reasons: to prevent the Iranian regime from using his health condition as a propaganda tool during the peak of the conflict escalation.
In the words of the Israeli leader himself: “I underwent a specific treatment that eliminated the problem without leaving a trace,” after detecting a “small spot” of less than one centimeter in the prostate.
The treatment would have taken place approximately two and a half months ago at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, according to consistent reports from international media. This comes after the leader underwent surgery in 2024 for benign prostatic hyperplasia, which led to more exhaustive medical follow-up.
Netanyahu himself linked his medical decision to his political vision: to act quickly in the face of any threat, whether personal or national. “When I am informed in time about a danger, I want to treat it immediately,” he stated in his official statement.
For weeks, rumors about his health circulated on social media, and even Iranian media went so far as to spread false reports of his death, forcing the leader to reappear publicly to deny them.
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