According to Israeli reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have a pacemaker implanted on Sunday morning amid recent health problems.
The surgery was announced in a Twitter video early Sunday morning. Israeli Public Broadcaster (KAN) reported that Netanyahu’s statements, which were in Hebrew, were made ahead of a vote in the Knesset on Israel’s controversial judicial reform.
“The attempts to reach a broad agreement are still going on,” KAN quoted him as saying.
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According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), pacemakers send electrical impulses to the heart’s chambers to regulate heart rate and rhythm.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak March 24, 2023 in London. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
“A week ago I was put in a surveillance device. The machine beeped tonight saying I need a pacemaker and I need to do that tonight,” Netanyahu said in the video. “I feel great, but I have to listen to my doctors.”
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Last week, Netanyahu was discharged from a hospital after being heavily hydrated. The Prime Minister received a heart monitor in his chest.
Netanyahu said he was without water and sunscreen at the Sea of Galilee last weekend when he fell ill. Israel experienced a heat wave with temperatures reaching 38 degrees Celsius.
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) listens to Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) as Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs looks on during a weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem July 17, 2023. (OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images, file)
“Upon the recommendation of the doctors, the prime minister continues to undergo additional routine tests,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
Netanyahu has recently been criticized by Israelis for his proposed judicial reform. On Friday, a group of over 1,100 Israeli Air Force pilots and aircrew said they would suspend their voluntary reserve duty if the overhaul went ahead.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing at the District Court in Rishon LeZion, Israel, Monday, January 23, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool photo via AP File)
“Legislation that allows the government to act in such an utterly irrational manner would compromise the security of the State of Israel, create deep distrust, and jeopardize my ability to continue and risk my life – so it is with great sadness and with no other options that I am suspending my voluntary reserve service,” the letter reads.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.