© Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via APIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 25, 2023. Netanyahu's office says he has been rushed to a hospital but is in “good condition” as he undergoes a medical evaluation. The Israeli leader’s office said he was being treated on Saturday, July 15, 2023, at Israel’s Sheba Hospital, near Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to a hospital on Saturday, but was in "good condition" as he underwent a medical evaluation, his office said.
The Israeli leader's office said he was being treated at Israel's Sheba Hospital, near the coastal city of Tel Aviv, but gave no further details.
Walla, a leading Israeli news site, quoted an unnamed official close to Netanyahu as saying he had fainted at home but was fully conscious at the hospital. Haaretz, another news site, quoted hospital officials as saying Netanyahu was conscious and walking on his own. The reports could not immediately be confirmed.
Netanyahu, 73, is Israel's longest serving leader. He has served multiple terms stretching over 15 years in office. His current far-right government, a collection of religious and ultranationalist parties, took office last December.
Netanyahu is said to be in generally good health, though he was briefly hospitalized last October after feeling unwell during prayers on Yom Kippur, day when observant Jews fast.Israel is currently in the midst of a heat wave, with temperatures in the mid-30s degrees Celsius, (mid-90s in Fahrenheit).
Comment: He was discharged the next day.
From CNN:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left hospital Sunday after being admitted the previous day for dehydration amid a heat wave in the country.
Amit Segev, the cardiology unit director at the Sheba Medical Center - where Netanyahu was treated - said the prime minister was fitted with a heart monitor during his stay.
Segev said tests had shown that Netanyahu's heart was normal and that no heart arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat had been found.
"Prime Minister Netanyahu has completed a series of tests and is in excellent condition," said Segev.
The Israeli leader was admitted Saturday to the hospital in Ramat Gan, a suburb of Tel Aviv. A statement from his office, provided to CNN, said Netanyahu complained of "mild dizziness" before his admission.
The prime minister released a video statement later Saturday suggesting he was dehydrated and advising people to drink more water.
"Yesterday, I spent time with my wife in the Sea of Galilee, in the sun, without a hat, without water. Not a good idea," Netanyahu said, "So first of all I want to thank all of you for your concern and also to the excellent teams here at Sheba who examined me.
"Thank God, I feel very well, but I have only one request from you: we are going through a heat wave in the country, so I ask you, be less in the sun and drink more water and let us all have a good week."
Comment: He was discharged the next day. From CNN: