Israel: Netanyahu to undergo hernia surgery on Sunday. Benjamin Netanyahu was also hospitalized last July to undergo implantation of a pacemaker.
The interim will be held by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, specifies the office of the head of government. Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel's history. He is facing one of the biggest crises in the country's history since the unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7, to which Israel responded with a war in the Gaza Strip.