Benjamin Netanyahu will be operated on Sunday evening for a hernia. The operation will be carried out ‘under general anesthesia’ The interim will be held by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin.
Netanyahu was hospitalized last July to undergo the implantation of a pacemaker at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hahomer. He was released from the hospital the next day. The longest-serving Prime Minister in Israel's history, Netanyahu is facing one of the biggest crises in the country's history.