Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He will undergo surgery on Sunday to remove his prostate after an infectionhis office reported in a statement.
“On Wednesday, the prime minister underwent an examination at Hadassah hospital, where a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign enlargement of the prostate was discovered.”says the statement. “Since then, for a few days, he received a course of antibiotics that eradicated the infection.”
The doctors treating the 75-year-old prime minister decided to operate on him. His office said “more details will be provided later.”
Sunday’s Israeli cabinet meeting will take place before the operation.
Netanyahu has no permanent official replacement. Normally, one of his cabinet members is designated to take over in such cases, although it has not yet been announced which minister will be in charge of replacing him during the operation. and the recovery period.
