New Delhi, April 24 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday (local time) said that he has undergone treatment for prostate cancer, making it his first public acknowledgement of the diagnosis, AP reported.

Netanyahu said that nearly a year and a half ago, he had prostate surgery, and nearly two and a half months ago, his doctors found and treated a small tumor at Jerusalem's Hadassah Hospital with radiation therapy. That was not announced at the time.

Commenting about the tumor, he said, "I requested to delay its publication by two months so that it would not be released at the height of the war" against Iran, to prevent "more false propaganda against Israel." Terming the tumor a "minor medical issue," Netanyahu said that ...