{"id":4523,"date":"2026-04-25T16:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/?p=4523"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:22:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:22:39","slug":"netanyahu-reveals-prostate-cancer-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/?p=4523","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Reveals Prostate Cancer Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israeli PM Netanyahu reveals cancer diagnosis amid Iran war\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWrdfLkHBNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he recently underwent treatment for prostate cancer, marking the first time the country&#8217;s longest-serving leader has disclosed a cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu, 76, revealed the condition while publicizing the results of his annual medical examination,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/04\/24\/middleeast\/netanyahu-prostate-cancer-treatment-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noskim\">CNN<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on social media, he said doctors discovered a malignant tumor measuring less than a centimeter during a follow-up check after prostate surgery in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister&#8217;s Office had previously announced the December procedure, which addressed an enlarged prostate.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Friday&#8217;s disclosure, the office released letters from Netanyahu&#8217;s physicians confirming the diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an early detection of a very small lesion, with no metastases, as all other tests confirmed beyond any doubt,&#8221; one letter said.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu did not specify when the cancer was diagnosed, but a person familiar with the matter told CNN it occurred several months ago.<\/p>\n<p>The source said Netanyahu began targeted radiation therapy about two and a half months ago and has since completed the treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu said he chose targeted radiation therapy and that &#8220;the spot disappeared completely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank God, I am healthy,&#8221; Netanyahu said. &#8220;I had a minor medical issue with my prostate that was completely treated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also said he delayed releasing his annual medical report by about two months to prevent the information from being used as propaganda by Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday he recently underwent treatment for prostate cancer, marking the first time the country&#8217;s longest-serving leader has disclosed a cancer diagnosis. Netanyahu, 76, revealed &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4524,"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4523\/revisions\/4524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyintheworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}