<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo surgery to implant a pacemaker, his office said in a statement early on Sunday, just days after he was discharged from hospital following a health scare.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Prime Minister Netanyahu will tonight undergo a procedure to implant a pacemaker at Sheba Medical Centre at Tel Hashomer," the statement said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The procedure will be carried out under sedation, during which time Justice Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Yariv Lenin will stand in for him," it added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A week ago Netanyahu, 73, had been discharged from the same medical centre after a night of hospitalisaton following complaints of dizziness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At that time as part of cardiological tests, the centre had decided to use Holter monitor to monitor his heart rhythm, Sheba's head of cardiology professor Amit Segev said last week. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>