An Israeli court in Jerusalem on Monday approved Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to cancel his testimony in his corruption trial scheduled for Tuesday "for security reasons," according to Hebrew media.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that "the Central Court in Jerusalem approved, on Monday evening, Netanyahu's request to cancel his testimony scheduled for tomorrow for security reasons," without further details.

She explained that Netanyahu also asked the judges to reduce the number of days he gives testimony each week from three to two days "for reasons related to performing his duties against the backdrop of the complex security and political reality, in various aspects and in various arenas."

The newspaper did not clarify whether the court agreed to reduce the number of days Netanyahu appears before them to two days per week.

On Monday, Netanyahu appeared in court for the tenth time since December 10, 2024.

The trial is being held under tight security restrictions in a fortified underground hall in Tel Aviv, under the recommendations of the Shin Bet security service.

Netanyahu appears in court for hours three days a week to answer corruption charges against him.

Netanyahu faces charges of corruption, bribery and breach of trust in three corruption cases known as Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000, and former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit filed the indictment related to them in late November 2019.

"Case 1000" relates to Netanyahu and members of his family receiving valuable gifts from wealthy businessmen, in exchange for providing facilities and assistance to those figures in various fields.

He is also accused in "Case 2000" of negotiating with Arnon Moses, publisher of the private Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, to obtain positive media coverage.

The charges in Case 4000 relate to providing facilities to the former owner of the Israeli Walla news website, Shaul Elovitch, who was also an official at the Bezeq telecommunications company, in exchange for positive media coverage.

Netanyahu's trial in these cases began in 2020 and is still ongoing, and he denies it, claiming that it is a "political campaign aimed at overthrowing him."