Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have surgical procedure beneath full anaesthesia for a hernia, his workplace stated in a press release.
Netanyahu, 74, was identified with a hernia throughout a routine examination on Saturday, March 30 and is scheduled to endure the surgical procedure on the finish of enterprise on Sunday, the assertion learn.
The surgical procedure means Israel’s chief can be quickly incapacitated with the nation at battle with Hamas in Gaza following the October 7 assaults.
Israel’s deputy prime minister and justice minister, Yariv Levin, will step in for Netanyahu whereas he’s incapacitated.
The operation will happen amid renewed talks between Israel and Hamas in Cairo, Egypt.
The negotiations to safe the discharge of the remaining Israeli hostages held by the militant group in change for a ceasefire within the battle that has seen greater than 32,000 Gazans killed had reached an deadlock final week.
That is Netanyahu’s second surgical procedure since returning to the premiership in late 2022. A well being scare final 12 months ended with the Israeli chief being fitted for a pacemaker to repair a transient coronary heart block.
Netanyahu beforehand had a hernia in 2013 that additionally required surgical procedure.
