Efforts to beat hamas. He will undergo surgery on sunday for a hernia his doctors discovered during a routine examination. Excuse me. Mr netanyahu will be fully sedated during the procedure his office says that his deputy, yariv levin will serve as acting Prime Minister during this time. Heres mr netanyahu. My medical statement is transparent, it is known. Sure, a lot of people are saying crazy things, but of course no boundaries. My wife went to an appendectomy and people said that she spent a whole week at a villa somewhere and ijust had the flu, people said that i was where . Where was it . That i was in hospital. Absolutely no boundaries to the lies. I just went through examination, and thank you to all the people asking for my well being. And i promise you that this operation that im undergoing tonight i will also go through very quickly and i will be back to my duties as fast as possible. Jo floto, the bbc s middle east bureau chief, had this to say about the announcement. I thin