Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery this evening after a hernia was discovered, his office said in a statement.

The President will be operated on under general anesthesia. According to official information, he was diagnosed during a routine examination.

Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister of the country, Yariv Levin will temporarily head the government. This concludes the statement published on his department’s website.

The operation will coincide with the start major protest by families of hostages and opponents of the prime minister, who hope to begin a four-day sit-in this Sunday in front of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, demanding an agreement on the release of hostages held by Hamas and early elections in the country.

This Sunday, several families of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian militias since October 7 said that will join the protests who have been demanding the resignation of Benjamin Netanya for several months now.

One of these families, Eli Albag, whose daughter Liri is in the hands of Hamas, announced that he would stop participating in rallies in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square in order to join the street protests against the prime minister.

“This is the last Shabbat we stay here. From now on we will be on the streets. “It’s time to turn off the lights,” Albag said during a rally in the square gathered Times of Israelon Saturday evening, coinciding with Tel Aviv’s largest mobilization to return hostages since the start of the war with Hamas.

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Tens of thousands of people They then marched through the streets of major Israeli cities in a series of rallies that resulted in at least 16 arrests in Tel Aviv. Police also intervened with force to disperse 200 protesters who had jumped a cordon surrounding the area around Netanyahu’s private residence in the coastal city of Caesarea.

The words of the family member were immediately supported by the representative of the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons, Chaim Rubinstein.. “The marches are over. “The protests have just begun” he wrote on social network X.

For concentration this SundayIsraeli opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yair Lapid is expected to attend. and relatives of victims of the October 7 massacre by Palestinian militias at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, such as Shirel Hogel. Sigalit Hillel, whose son Uri Chernichovsky was killed at a rave attacked by militants that day, will also speak.

This same Sunday Lapid criticized the constant ignoring of protests members of the Israeli government coalition. “This morning we heard several government ministers go on the radio to attack the families of the hostages. They have gone completely crazy,” he accused on social network X.

From my side, Israeli business forum, A representative of the majority of private sector workers from the country’s 200 largest companies has given permission for their employees to participate in the protest, which begins this Sunday in Jerusalem and will last until next Wednesday.

“This is an emergency situation for Israel. and those who are interested must be allowed to participate in the democratic act,” the forum said in a statement compiled by Times of Israel. In addition, dozens of technology companies that distanced themselves from the forum also allowed their employees to attend protests without fear of reprimand.

(according to information from Europe Press)