Update: 8/11 at 8:52am:
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Saturday night’s procedure likely unscheduled; Netanyahu expected to be released Sunday afternoon; initial scan confirms umbilical hernia; immediate surgery to take place at J’lem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was expected to hernia surgery at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem Saturday overnight.The prime minister, 63, was examined by his personal physician Dr. Tzvi Berkovich and by expert surgeon Aryeh Dorset after complaining of pain. The initial diagnosis was fear of an umbilical hernia.The diagnosis was confirmed after the prime minister underwent a CT scan and it was decided to operate immediately.Click here for more info: https://www.jpost.com/National-News/Netanyahu-to-undergo-emergency-hernia-surgery-322656