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Daily Mail
20-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Netanyahu's appearance in court is delayed as PM has food poisoning, his office says
Benjamin Netanyahu has been hit with food poisoning and ordered by doctors to conduct state affairs from home for the next three days. On Sunday, the Israeli Prime Minister's office announced the 75-year-old is recovering at home after being diagnosed with intestinal inflammation caused by spoiled food. Due to the sudden bout of sickness, Netanyahu's upcoming hearings in his corruption trial have now been postponed. The next court appearance will not come before September now, due to a summer recess in the court system. Netanyahu was examined overnight by Professor Alon Hershko of Jerusalem's Hadassah-Ein Kerem Medical, after skipping a cabinet meeting on Saturday, and is now receiving intravenous fluid treatment for dehydration. 'In accordance with his doctors' instructions, the prime minister will rest at home for the next three days and will conduct state affairs from there,' says the Prime Minister's Office. Netanyahu's condition was declared 'good' after further testing, his office added. The leader had been scheduled to give testimony in court tomorrow and Tuesday but his lawyer Amit Hadad requested that the hearings be postponed and asked for a delay. The request filed with the Jerusalem District Court on his behalf said that the premier will 'make an effort' to testify on Wednesday instead. The leader had been scheduled to give testimony in court tomorrow and Tuesday but his lawyer Amit Hadad requested that the hearings be postponed and asked for a delay The State Attorney's Office earlier agreed to postpone the two scheduled hearings after reviewing Netanyahu's medical records, but said that they must be made up by the end of the week. 'Under the circumstances, and considering what is written in the medical record, we cannot object,' it said in response. 'However, in light of the many hearings that have been canceled recently, we will request that the defendant testify on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.' The court said, however, that it was canceling the hearings rather than postponing them, as they could not be held later in the week due to scheduling conflicts. This means Netanyahu will not testify again until September at the earliest, as the courts head into summer recess this week until September 5. During the recess, courts will operate in a reduced capacity. Netanyahu's testimony has been repeatedly delayed since it started in December last year, due to the prime minister's medical issues, the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza, the war with Iran, as well as diplomatic trips abroad and Netanyahu's general duties as prime minister. Just last month, an Israeli court cancelled hearings in Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial, accepting a request made by the prime minister on classified diplomatic and security grounds. 'Following the explanations given … we partially accept the request and cancel at this stage Mr Netanyahu's hearings scheduled for this week', the Jerusalem district court said in its ruling, published online by Netanyahu's Likud party. The ruling said that new reasons provided by Netanyahu, the head of Israel's spy agency the Mossad and the military intelligence chief justified cancelling the hearings. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears before the District Court in Tel Aviv to testify for the first time in his corruption trial in Tel Aviv, Israel on December 10, 2024 Also last month, US President Donald Trump called for Israel to 'pardon' Netanyahu, who is on trial for alleged corruption, or drop the case altogether. The Israeli prime minister has denied charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, for which he has been on trial since 2020. The recent food poisoning incident is not the first time the Israeli Prime Minister's health has made headlines, as he has suffered from several health issues in recent years. He had his prostate removed in late December, and in March 2024, he was had hernia surgery. That same month, he missed several days of work after contracting the flu. In 2023, he underwent surgery to have a pacemaker installed after suffering a transient heart block. A week earlier he he had been hospitalised for what he said at the time was dehydration. Doctors subsequently revealed that the prime minister has had a heart conduction problem for years. Netanyahu's most recent public medical report, issued in January 2023, described him as in a 'completely normal state of health,' with no signs of arrhythmia and the pacemaker functioning properly. The document, however, was not an official government health report but rather a summary compiled by his personal medical team. Despite government protocols urging prime ministers to release annual health summaries, Netanyahu issued no such report between 2016 and 2023, and none has been released this year. Those protocols are not legally binding, and he cannot be compelled to disclose his medical history.
Reuters
20-07-2025
- Health
- Reuters
Netanyahu suffers food poisoning, to rest for three days, his office says
JERUSALEM, July 20 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recovering from a bout of food poisoning, his office said on Sunday, adding that he will continue to carry out his duties while resting at home for the next three days. Netanyahu, 75, fell ill overnight and was found to be suffering from intestinal inflammation and dehydration, for which he is receiving intravenous fluids, a statement said. "In accordance with his doctors' instructions, the prime minister will rest at home for the next three days and will manage state affairs from there," his office added. Netanyahu was fitted with a pacemaker in 2023 and last December he had his prostate removed after he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection.
Daily Mail
12-07-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
One in four Britons guilty of unsafe habits that risk deadly food poisoning: How many do you use?
A quarter of Britons are risking potentially deadly food poisoning in their desperate attempts to save cash, an official report warns. Food safety watchdog The Food Standards Agency (FSA) found 23 per cent of people had engaged in what it called 'risky practices' in the home kitchen. This included over one in 10 lowering the temperature they cooked at, as well as how long they ran appliances like ovens and hobs for, in a bid to cut down on energy bills. One in 10 Britons were also guilty of turning off their fridge or freezer for periods of time, or raising the internal temperature of the appliances to save cash. Heartbreakingly, more than one in 20 people surveyed reported eating food that needed to be cooked or reheated cold as they simply couldn't afford to cook it. The FSA said their survey—which recorded food habits in the survey group from August 2023 to March this year—showed 'risky practices' peaked around Christmas time, rising to 28 per cent. Not heating food enough before eating or storing it at too warm a temperature risks allowing germs that cause food poisoning to survive. Food poisoning is generic term for a foodborne illness that triggers symptoms like vomiting and diarrhoea. It can caused by various pathogens including campylobacter bacteria, salmonella and E. coli, bugs that data suggests are on the rise in Britain. Just last month health officials warned that cases of salmonella had surged to their highest level in over a decade. As whole, food poisoning cases an estimated 2.5million people to fall ill in the UK each year. While the vast majority of cases are mild, food poisoning can be deadly for some groups—like the elderly—with an estimated 200 fatalities per annum. Such infections can lead to serious dehydration which can lead to fatal complications and the germs can also sometimes trigger sepsis a potentially deadly overreaction by the body's immune system. Data also showed when it came to food concerns most people were worried about rising food prices, with almost 9 in 10 saying saying it was a source of anxiety. Michelle Patel, deputy director of analysis at the FSA, said the results showed how Briton's budget concerns were contributing to them gambling with food poisoning. 'Our latest annual data shows that food prices remain a top concern for most people,' he said. 'It also shows that many people are doing risky things to save money.' Mr Patel said Britons can visit the FSA's new advice page on food safety to learn more about how to reduce their risk of food poisoning. In particular the regulator advises people to aim to have the food reach 70°C (158F) for two minutes while cooking though this can vary depending on the specific food and cooking method. If you don't have a food safe thermometer the FSA says to check food is steaming throughout and that in particular meats like chicken are cooked all the way through with no pink meat left. When reheating food, people should ensure it is heated above 63°C (145.4F) to avoid what it called the 'Danger Zone' where bacteria can grow quickly and make you ill. For same reason the FSA advises people ensure their fridge is between 0 and 5°C (32-41F) and their freezer is set to -18°C (0.4F) as this stops or inhibits the growth of potentially dangerous bacteria. The FSA report is based on a rolling survey of 2,000 people living in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which is held every month.
