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Hernia operation for Israel's Netanyahu

Netanyahu, 63, is expected to be discharged on Sunday afternoon. The government's Sunday morning cabinet meeting would be postponed, his spokesman added.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to undergo a hernia operation.

His office said on Saturday the surgery, at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital, was expected to last about an hour and would probably be done under local anaesthetic.

Netanyahu, 63, is expected to be discharged on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday morning's weekly cabinet meeting would be postponed, his spokesman added.

However, a session of a ministerial committee expected to approve the release of a first batch of prisoners ahead of further peace talks with the Palestinians on Wednesday will go ahead, chaired by Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon.


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