Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fully sedated to undergo surgery for a hernia on Sunday night.
His office announced that the operation would be done after a meeting with his war cabinet on Sunday evening.
The ailment was discovered during a routine checkup on Saturday night.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, who is the deputy prime minister, will stand in for Netanyahu during the procedure.
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Mr Netanyahu will be having the operation as thousands of Israelis are expected to rally to show their frustration with his government and urge him to resign.
Recall that the 74-year-old previously underwent a hernia operation in 2013 and had a pacemaker fitted last year.
Benjamin Netanyahu is not a man to cede control readily but tonight, for at least a few hours, he will need to reluctantly, hand over the running of the country to his deputy Yariv Levin.
