Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery - Los Angeles Times
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his weekly cabinet meeting.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his weekly Cabinet meeting.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia.

Netanyahu’s office said the hernia was discovered during a routine checkup, and that the prime minister will be under full anesthesia and unconscious for 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.

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Netanyahu, 74, has kept a full schedule throughout Israel’s nearly six-month-long war against Hamas, and his doctors have said he is in good health.

Last year, however, doctors acknowledged he had concealed a long-known heart problem after they implanted a pacemaker.

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