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.

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[–] 96 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I hope it's aggressive and malignant.

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  • [–] 71 points 5 months ago

    They removed the wrong side of the tumor.

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  • [–] 68 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Damn, I wish it wasn't early stage, because he is certainly one of the few people who genuinely deserves cancer

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 57 points 5 months ago

    My condolences to the cancer.

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  • [–] 44 points 5 months ago

    Very rarely am I rooting for cancer.

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  • [–] 43 points 5 months ago

    Well damn. That is really unfortunate.

    Not that he has cancer, mind. That's great. Him getting treated for it is unfortunate.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago

    condolences to the cancer

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Hopefully, his course of treatment is filled with complications and much suffering.

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  • [–] 25 points 5 months ago

    he IS a malignant tumor.

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago

    Even more false propaganda against Israel

    Like what Bibi? That you kill children or are committing a genocide? Cause that ain't falsehoods.

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    Poor cancer

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    [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    Couldn't have happened to a better guy

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    dont treat that war criminal!

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    Several cancers beginning with P, and this is regrettably the easiest to treat.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    Oh no!

    Anyway...

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    Alhamdulillah.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    No, no! Don't treat him!

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Satan takes care of his own. He will be OK, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Metastasize, you lazy bastard tumor.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    My prayers have been answered

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The cancer has a right to defend itself.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Surely we can do better than simply waiting for cancer to take him. So slow.

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