Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Prime Minister's Office issued a statement today (Sunday) that a hernia had been detected during a routine medical examination of Netanyahu last night.
The statement further read that Netanyahu decided with his doctors to conduct a hernia operation under general anaesthetic once the government agenda was completed today.
While unconscious, Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin will serve in his stead.