NAMES IN THE NEWS : Israeli President Has Surgery
<i> From Times wire services</i>
JERUSALEM —
President Chaim Herzog of Israel underwent knee surgery today after tearing a tendon in a fall in his garden, a spokeswoman for the president said.
The operation involved stitching the tendon, said spokeswoman Penina Kirshenbaum.
“The president had a successful operation this morning and will be released from the hospital in a few days,” she said.
Herzog, 72, has served for seven years as president, a position that is largely ceremonial.
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