Ari Harow

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left hospital late Tuesday following tests after suffering a high fever and a cough.

A Reuters witness saw Netanyahu's convoy leaving the hospital, and shortly after midnight Netanyahu said on Twitter: "I am on my way home. Sure some rest and hot soup will put things right."

A former spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed a state’s witness deal on March 5 in one of the corruption cases revolving around the Israeli leader, Israeli media said.

Israeli police have recommended that Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in two corruption cases, dealing an embarrassing blow to the embattled prime minister that is likely to fuel calls for him to resign.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Aug. 30 went on the offensive against "fake news" in the Israeli media implicating him in alleged corruption cases.

"The 'fake news' industry has reached a record level. The aim is to secure indictments, at whatever price and quickly, against me," he told a meeting of activists of his rightwing Likud party near Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport.