Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was fired on Sunday, a day after being hospitalized for dehydration, his office announced.
Netanyahu was taken to Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, this Saturday with dizziness after spending the previous day under the sun on the Sea of Galilee, northern Israel.
Late Sunday morning, Netanyahu underwent a series of tests and “is in excellent condition,” said Professor Amit Segev, chief of cardiology at Sheba Medical Center.
“After all the tests performed, including the lab tests, we concluded that the reason for the hospitalization was dehydration,” the professor said in a video statement.
As part of the cardiology tests, the medical center decided to put “a subcutaneous (implanted) Holter” on Netanyahu to “continue to monitor his heart regularly,” Amit Segev said.
Shortly afterwards, Netanyahu’s office announced that the prime minister would be leaving Sheba’s medical center.
Netanyahu, who was re-elected late last year, leads a far-right coalition whose proposed judicial reform has sparked weekly demonstrations since January.
The prime minister is also on trial for corruption, allegations he has denied from the start.
In October, Netanyahu was hospitalized overnight after feeling unwell while attending the Jewish fast on Yom Kippur.
In a video message released from the hospital on Saturday, Netanyahu said he spent many hours outside “in the sun, hatless, waterless.” He also encouraged Israelis to “spend less time in the sun” and “drink more water” because of the country’s hot weather.
Source: DN
