The prime minister was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.
The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, emerged this Sunday without complications from surgery to remove his prostate after suffering from an infection.
During a medical check-up last Wednesday at the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalemthe prime minister was diagnosed with a “urinary tract infection result of a benign enlargement of the prostate,” his office said in a statement.
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Netanyahu has now been moved to a secure underground recovery unit and is expected to remain in the hospital for observation in the coming days.
Hours earlier, the prime minister had asked the Jerusalem District Court to postpone the hearings of his corruption trial scheduled for this week, due to his operation.
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Netanyahu has been accused since 2019 of fraud, bribery and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases that have been tried together since 2020, in a long process in which the prime minister began testifying this month after several delays due to the war.
The prime minister He offered his first testimony on December 10 and has testified six times so far before the Tel Aviv district court, where the hearings were moved because it has a bunker.
Netanyahu already underwent surgery on March 31 to remove a hernia and from which he recovered in a couple of days.
The Israeli Prime Minister He also required an operation in July 2023 to have a pacemaker implanted, after detecting a heart problem in a medical check-up when he was admitted for fainting while on a tour of the Sea of Galilee.
