Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in “good condition” after being taken to the hospital on Saturday, his office said.
Netanyahu, 73, went to the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, according to a statement, and is “undergoing medical evaluation.” His office didn’t release further details.
The Likud Party he leads released a statement saying the “initial assessment is dehydration.” Netanyahu “complained of mild dizziness” on Saturday following a trip the previous day to the Sea of Galilee where he spent hours in the heat, according to the statement. He went to the hospital on his doctor’s recommendation.
Israel joined Europe over the weekend enduring a scorching heat wave.
Netanyahu was taken to a Jerusalem hospital in October, just before the last election, after feeling chest pains at a synagogue. The prime minister said soon afterward that he felt “better” and thanked well-wishers.
Netanyahu is Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, elected to a total of five terms, the first in 1996. His current far-right government is pushing an initiative to diminish the power of the judiciary, a plan that’s drawn hundreds of thousands of protesters to the streets in recent months — with more demonstrations set for later Saturday around the nation.
(Updates with statement from Likud starting in third paragraph.)
