Israeli PM’s Office: Netanyahu 'Successfully Underwent Routine Colonoscopy'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks after a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks after a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
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Israeli PM’s Office: Netanyahu 'Successfully Underwent Routine Colonoscopy'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks after a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks after a press conference in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the 75-year-old premier "successfully underwent a routine colonoscopy" at a hospital in Jerusalem on Friday.

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu successfully underwent a routine colonoscopy this morning at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem," a statement from his office said.

It comes after the United States said Thursday Israel had approved a new Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted to Hamas, but the Palestinian militant group said it failed to satisfy its demands.

Netanyahu's government has hit back at growing international pressure over the war in Gaza, the deadliest fighting in decades of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The war has killed around 54,000 Palestinians, Palestinian health authorities say, more than in any other of the countless rounds of fighting between the two sides.



Iran Tells France its Nuclear Rights ‘Cannot Be Taken Away by Threats or War'

This photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally on Feb. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)
This photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally on Feb. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)
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Iran Tells France its Nuclear Rights ‘Cannot Be Taken Away by Threats or War'

This photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally on Feb. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)
This photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a rally on Feb. 10, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP, File)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that his country's right to pursue a civilian nuclear program cannot be taken away by war, as it traded fire with Israel for a ninth day.

"Iran has always announced that it is ready to provide guarantees and build confidence in its peaceful nuclear activities within the framework of international law," Pezeshkian told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call, according to the official IRNA news agency.

"The rights granted to countries and nations by international law cannot be taken away from them by threats or war."