Three siblings from a Druze family in Israel underwent gastric bypass surgery on the same day last week at Poriya Hospital near Teveria, according to a Jewish Press report.

Muhammad Masoud, 23, who weighed 188 kg (415 lbs), had almost decided to go ahead with the surgery but was hesitant to make a final decision. It was only when his two sisters, Shehiva and Maysaloun, who both weighed 120 kg (265 lbs), also decided on the surgery that he made a final decision to undergo the operation.

The Masoud siblings, who live in Beit Jann, a Druze village on Mount Meron in northern Israel, are now recovering from the surgery.

�Most of my work is physical, I felt I was limited and there were things I found difficult to do,� Muhammad said. �It�s better to go through it together, it�s easier and we make one another stronger.�

Dr. Muad Farage, director of the surgical department in Poriya Hospital, performed the surgeries.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)