Israel's Netanyahu discharged from hospital after doctors give all-clear

A picture shows an ambulance outside the emergency entrance to the Sheba Medical Centre in Israel’s Ramat Gan city on July 15, 2023, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hospitalised [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was discharged from hospital on Sunday after being admitted the previous day for dehydration, with doctors saying he was in good health, reports Reuters.

Netanyahu, 73, was taken on Saturday to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, near his private residence in coastal Caesarea, and kept overnight under observation.

His motor convoy was seen departing Sheba as Israeli media quoted his office as saying he had been discharged.

In a video statement on Saturday, a smiling and blazer-wearing Netanyahu said he had holidayed at the Sea of Galilee without properly protecting himself from a heatwave.

Sheba on Sunday confirmed its original diagnosis of dehydration and said additional tests involving a subcutaneous holter had found Netanyahu to be “in complete cardiac health”.

Israel’s weekly cabinet meeting, usually held on Sunday, has been postponed to Monday, his office said.

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