The Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recuperating from a triumphant hernia surgery on Monday.
Alon Pikarsky, the hospital’s general surgery director, mentioned in a video statement that the surgery went according to plan and the prime minister was awake and chatting with his family. a video statement Monday morning.
Netanyahu, 74, was placed under full anesthesia and his duties were filled by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Yariv Levi, his office said in an initial statement Sunday.
“In consultation with his doctors, it was decided that tonight, at the end of the agenda, the Prime Minister will arrive at the hospital for hernia surgery,” the prime minister’s office wrote.
The hernia was discovered during a routine checkup the night before, according to his office.
In a press conference before the surgery on Sunday, Netanyahu indicated he was optimistic about the surgery and vowed to return to work “very soon,” according to a translation from MSNBC.
In July, Netanyahu underwent surgery to install an emergency pacemaker, and docto