Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is “in excellent physical condition,” adding in a post on X, on April 24, that doctors found an early-stage malignant tumor during routine monitoring following surgery for an enlarged benign prostate.
The 76-year-old Israeli leader said he had surgery for an enlarged benign prostate in 2024 and has been under routine monitoring since. Netanyahu added that he requested a delay in publishing his health report to prevent Iran from using it as “even more false propaganda against Israel” during the peak of the war.
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