The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin NetanyahuHe was hospitalized this Saturday in an emergency after suffering dehydration due to the high summer temperatures, but little did he release a video in which he claims to feel “very good.”
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“The prime minister spent several hours yesterday in the heat of the day on the Sea of Galilee. He today he complained of a slight dizziness ”and his doctor will have to see him at the Sheba Medical Center, indicates a statement from Netanyahu’s office.
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“Initial tests came back with normal values, without finding anything strange. Initial assessment points to dehydration,” but doctors ordered more “routine tests,” the office added.
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Shortly after, Netanyahu released a video recorded from the hospital in which he says, smiling, feeling “very good.” “Yesterday I was with my wife on the Sea of Galilee, in the sun, without a hat, without water… it was not a good idea”commented.
The hot summer in Israel has brought the temperature above 35 degrees.
The Sheba Medical Center is the largest hospital in Israel and is located in the city of Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv. Netanyahu, 73, was transferred to that hospital from his home in Caesarea after warning his relatives that he was not feeling well and had chest pain.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The prime minister reportedly lost consciousness at home, hitting his head when he fell, but I arrived at the hospital fully conscious and walking without help, according to Israeli media citing medical sources. His son Avner Netanyahu and his wife Sara are in the hospital.
In October, Netanyahu was hospitalized at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center after feeling unwell while praying in a synagogue. On that occasion, he was discharged the next morning after undergoing tests and staying overnight for observation.
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Leader of the right-wing Likud party, Netanyahu is the longest serving prime minister of Israel: 15 years.
Together with his Orthodox and nationalist allies, he won the elections last November after having been in power for several periods: 1996-1999 and 2009-2021.
Since his second term began in 2009, Netanyahu has not formally appointed an interim prime minister. In the past, when he was traveling abroad or undergoing brief scheduled medical procedures, a close minister was appointed to temporarily replace him.
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