Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a meeting of the presidents of major American Jewish organizations in Jerusalem on February 18, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli leader will undergo hernia surgery on Sunday.
Netanyahu’s office said the prime minister discovered the hernia during a routine check-up and will be put into a coma under general anesthesia during the surgery.
Attorney General 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 remained on track during Israel’s nearly six-month war against Hamas, and his doctors say he is in good health.
Last year, however, the doctor admitted that he had concealed a well known heart problem After they implanted a pacemaker.
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