Netanyahu announced he was treated for early-stage prostate cancer and deliberately withheld the information from the public for about two months to avoid giving Iran propaganda material during the ongoing US-Israel war. The core facts are confirmed by multiple major outlets (Guardian, WaPo, CNN, BBC, Times of Israel), though the headline's claim of '2-years without telling' overstates the timeline—he delayed release of his medical report by roughly two months, not concealed the condition for years. Israeli law expects prime ministers to publish regular health disclosures, and opposition lawmakers criticized his delay as part of a broader pattern of using wartime conditions to avoid scrutiny of his corruption trial.