Netanyahu Has Kidney Stones Removed

W460

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to work on Friday after surgery to remove kidney stones, his office said.

The operation came just days after U.S. President Donald Trump visited Israel on his maiden foreign tour.

"The medical intervention under anesthesia was successfully carried out at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem," a statement said.

"The prime minister has recovered and resumed all his duties."

During Thursday evening's operation, Environment Minister Zeev Elkin, a fellow member of Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party, assumed the role of acting prime minister.

Netanyahu, 67, has had several minor health problems in recent years.

He underwent colonoscopies in both 2014 and 2015. In 2013, he was forced to take a few days off after a hernia operation and was also briefly admitted to hospital for treatment for a sinus infection.

Comments 2
Thumb enterprise 27 May 2017, 06:57

the same reason naharnet informed the Lebanese of your country's irrelevant elections.

Thumb gigahabib 28 May 2017, 13:26

I hope he had to pee them out.