Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia, according to a statement from his office. The hernia was discovered during a routine checkup the night before, his office said. During the surgery, Netanyahu, 74, would be under full anesthesia, his office said in the initial statement. Accordingly, his duties…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recovering from a successful hernia surgery Monday, according to the Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem. The surgery went “as expected and successfully,” and the prime minister was “awake and talking to his family,” said Alon Pikarsky, the hospital’s director of general surgery, in a video statement Monday morning. Netanyahu,…