JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that the Israeli leader will have surgery for a hernia on Sunday.
Netanyahu’s office said the hernia was discovered during a routine examination and that the prime minister would be under full anesthesia and unaware of the procedure.
Justice Minister Yariv Levin, a close confidant who also holds the title of deputy prime minister, will serve as acting prime minister during the operation, the office said.
Netanyahu, 74, has had a busy schedule throughout Israel’s nearly six-month war against Haqmas, and his doctors have said he is in good health.
Last year, however, doctors admitted that he had covered up a long-known heart problem after implanting a pacemaker.
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