Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hospitalized unexpectedly Sunday (local time) for an emergency operation to insert a pacemaker, Politico reports. The procedure comes one week after Netanyahu was briefly hospitalized for what staff reported was dehydration.
During that hospitalization, Netanyahu had a monitor fitted that reportedly alerted last night to a heart rhythm abnormality that requires a pacemaker to correct. Justice Minister Yariv Levin, the author of the judicial reform program that is causing widespread demonstrations, will take on Netanyahu’s duties while he is incapacitated.