JERUSALEM, Dec 29, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
is to undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday, his office said after he
was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.

The procedure comes with Israel at war against Hamas militants in the Gaza
Strip more than 14 months after the Palestinian militants carried out an
unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 last year.

Netanyahu underwent a test at Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday, where he was
"diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate
enlargement," the prime minister's office said in a statement.

"As a result, the prime minister will undergo prostate removal surgery
today," it said.

In March, he underwent a hernia surgery, while in July last year doctors
implanted a pacemaker in Netanyahu after a medical scare.