Prime minister will go through complete anesthesia and stay hospitalized for a number of days By AMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF DECEMBER 28, 2024 21:40 Updated: DECEMBER 29, 2024 14:26
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends to the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 23, 2024. (image credit: CHAIM GOLDBEG/FLASH90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have his prostate gotten rid of on Sunday after he was detected with a urinary system infection arising from a benign prostate augmentation, his workplace revealed on Saturday.
The operation will happen at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and will need complete anesthesia. The prime minister will stay hospitalized for a number of days, according to his lawyer, Amit Hadad, who sent a demand Sunday to the Tel Aviv District Court to cancel his scheduled statement today in his continuous corruption trial. The Attorney General’s Office authorized the demand on Sunday.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin will function as caretaker prime minister while Netanyahu is paralyzed. Defense Minister Israel Katz will function as chairman of the political-security cabinet.
“On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went through an assessment at Hadassah Hospital, where a urinary system infection brought on by benign prostatic hyperplasia was identified. Over the previous couple of days, the prime minister has actually gotten antibiotic treatment, which effectively got rid of the infection,” the Prime Minister’s workplace revealed on Saturday.
“Consequently, the prime minister will go through a treatment tomorrow to get rid of the prostate. Complete information will be offered later on,” the declaration stated. “Despite this, Sunday’s cabinet conference will occur as prepared.”
Netanyahu’s health problems started on Wednesday, no alerts of the Prime Minister’s health have actually been provided up until now.
Prime Minister will not appear in court as an outcome
Hadad included that he was asking for the hearing cancelation for today, however that he would “upgrade the court moving forward” regarding Netanyahu’s healing.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participates in the Tel Aviv District Court. December 24, 2024. (credit: MOTI MILROD/POOL)
In 2015 Netanyahu, 75, was fitted with a pacemaker to manage an irregular heart beat. He was likewise hospitalized for dehydration. Previously this year, Netanyahu went through hernia surgical treatment.
