Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is "in excellent physical condition" after the publication of his annual medical report revealed he had a malignant tumour removed.
In a post on X on Friday, Netanyahu said that during routine medical monitoring following successful surgery for an enlarged benign prostate, doctors found an early-stage malignant tumour.
Treatment had "removed the problem and left no trace of it", he added.
Netanyahu said he had requested to delay publication of his health record so it was not released at the height of the US and Israel's war with Iran, to prevent Tehran from spreading "even more false propaganda against Israel".
The 76 year-old Israeli leader said he underwent the initial surgery for an enlarged benign prostate in 2024 and has been under routine medical monitoring. "A tiny spot of less than a centimetre" was discovered during the most recent check up.
37 Comments
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 96 pts · 104d
I hope it's aggressive and malignant.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 59 pts · 104d
Oh, it is! Hopefully the cancer is as well.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 103d
Just like him
czardestructo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 103d
Prostate cancer is really easy to treat and delay, unfortunately. I have a family member dealing with it right now, very late stage, and its still extremely treatable.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 102d
It varies widely depending on the tumor type and other factors. But yeah, one common variant is slow-growing.
Dremor@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 104d
They removed the wrong side of the tumor.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 68 pts · 104d
Damn, I wish it wasn't early stage, because he is certainly one of the few people who genuinely deserves cancer
criss_cross@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 104d
Fitting as he also is a cancer to the world.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 104d
Well in that case we need to give him enough chemo and radiation therapy to kill the entire cancer
muhyb@programming.dev · 2 pts · 104d
He is just a one cell. The cancer would be Israel.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 103d
prostate is pretty treatable early stages, especially if you get regular blood test to detect markers for the cancer, at his age he likely is. something like pacreatic unlikely, since it almost always advanced when symptoms show up. prostate is slow enough that most people pass away before the cancer kills them, or is diagnosed with it. aggressive ones are like pancreatic, colon if mestasize, leukemias.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 102d
Leukemias are also in many cases not only treatable but curable, but in other cases, it'll kill you fast.
Hubi@feddit.org · 57 pts · 104d
My condolences to the cancer.
hperrin@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 104d
Very rarely am I rooting for cancer.
elbucho@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 104d
Well damn. That is really unfortunate.
Not that he has cancer, mind. That's great. Him getting treated for it is unfortunate.
Tolc@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 104d
condolences to the cancer
MushuChupacabra@piefed.world · 31 pts · 104d
Hopefully, his course of treatment is filled with complications and much suffering.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 19 pts · 104d
It’s only colonizing what it rightfully it. Bibi should leave
Bwaz@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 104d
he IS a malignant tumor.
leoj@piefed.zip · 23 pts · 104d
I feel like anyone with aggressive or late stage cancer should not be allowed to decide whether a nation goes to war or not.
You have a warped set of perceptions once death is knocking on your door.
JK it says early stage, kick him out for war crimes then.
Cherry@piefed.social · 8 pts · 104d
I agree, if you were a farmer you would have your gun revoked.
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 104d
Like what Bibi? That you kill children or are committing a genocide? Cause that ain't falsehoods.
tired_n_bored@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 103d
Poor cancer
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 16 pts · 104d
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 104d
Couldn't have happened to a better guy
Theprogressivist@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 104d
Good.
Mwa@thelemmy.club · 12 pts · 103d
dont treat that war criminal!
lennybird@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 104d
Several cancers beginning with P, and this is regrettably the easiest to treat.
TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club · 7 pts · 104d
Oh no!
Anyway...
finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 103d
No, no! Don't treat him!
faizalr@piefed.social · 6 pts · 104d
Alhamdulillah.
1984@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 103d
Satan takes care of his own. He will be OK, unfortunately.
kreskin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 101d
Surely we can do better than simply waiting for cancer to take him. So slow.
mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 101d
The issue is that there is even worse israeli politicians that may take his place
CaffeinatedCubits@programming.dev · 4 pts · 102d
The cancer has a right to defend itself.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 101d
The cancer is new to that body, but has every right to take over the rest of it.
Vandalismo@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 103d
My prayers have been answered
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 102d
Metastasize, you lazy bastard tumor.
icedaemon0@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 103d