Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was admitted to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital on Monday evening for a dental procedure, according to his spokesperson.
The nature of the treatment was not disclosed.
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Netanyahu testified earlier this month that his medical condition was “proper” and “excellent,” as he took the stand in the defamation suit he filed against attorney Gonen Ben Itzhak and journalists Uri Misgav and Ben Caspit over publications concerning his health and fitness.
The testimony, held before Ramle Magistrate’s Court President Judge Menahem Mizrahi but moved to the Tel Aviv District Court building for security reasons, was cut short after roughly half an hour when Netanyahu left for a ceremony. Mizrahi allowed him to leave and said another date would be set for the continuation of his testimony.
“My medical condition is proper, and some say excellent,” Netanyahu said. “I did not suffer from pancreatic cancer. If that were the case, I would no longer be here.”
Netanyahu said he exercises, undergoes medical tests, and that his indicators were “completely normal.”
He said he had suffered for years from an enlarged prostate, which had been benign, including after an operation to reduce it. Toward the end of 2025, however, an additional test showed the beginning of an early-stage cancerous growth in the prostate, he said.
Amichai Stein and Tobias Siegal contributed to this report.
This is a developing story.