Netanyahu Hospitalized for Heart Defect as Israel’s Turmoil Intensifies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for a heart operation to implant a pacemaker, casting new uncertainty over his government’s deeply contentious plan to pass a law on Monday to limit judicial power.

Doctors at the Sheba Medical Center, east of Tel Aviv, said Sunday morning that the unexpected operation had been successful and “the prime minister is doing very well.”

But Mr. Netanyahu was expected to remain hospitalized until at least…