The prime minister will be sedated during the surgery. “During the procedure, the Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Levin will take his place,” the statement added. Netanyahu, 73, earlier announced on Twitter he would be fitted with the device, which sends electrical pulses to the heart. “The doctors tell me that I will be free tomorrow afternoon already,” said the prime minister. Doctors said the prime minister was fitted with a heart monitor during his stay.

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