Israel's prime minister Netanyahu undergoes pacemaker implantation surgery ahead of Parliament vote on controversial judicial reforms

Israel's prime minister Netanyahu undergoes pacemaker implantation surgery ahead of Parliament vote on controversial judicial reforms

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday underwent a successful pacemaker implantation procedure, a surgery scheduled just days before the Knesset is set to vote on a controversial judicial reform bill that has paralysed the whole country.

Last week, Netanyahu, 73, was hospitalised from Saturday to Sunday after he complained of dizziness following a trip Friday to the Sea of Galilee, where he acknowledged spending several hours in the sun and in scorching heat “without a hat, without water.” Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan then said that the doctors had completed a series of examinations and found that the Prime Minister's heart “is completely normal,” and that “at no point was any heart arrhythmia found”.