TEL HASHOMER, Israel, July 16 (Portal) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from hospital on Sunday after being admitted the previous day for dehydration. Doctors said he was in good health.
Netanyahu, 73, was taken to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, near his private home on the Caesarea coast, on Saturday and was kept under surveillance overnight.
His motorcade was seen leaving Sheba as Israeli media quoted his office as saying he had been fired.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at Palmachim Air Force Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, Israel, July 5, 2023. Portal/Amir Cohen/File Photo
In a video statement on Saturday, a smiling and blazer-wearing Netanyahu said he vacationed by the Sea of Galilee without adequately protecting himself from a heatwave.
Sheba on Sunday confirmed his initial diagnosis of dehydration and said additional testing, including a subcutaneous Holter, revealed Netanyahu was “in perfect heart health.”
Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting, which normally takes place on Sunday, has been postponed to Monday, its office said.
Writing by Dan Williams, editing by William Mallard, Hugh Lawson and Frances Kerry
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