(Jerusalem) Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was hospitalized on Saturday for tests after feeling dizzy, his office said, stressing that the 73-year-old prime minister was “in good shape”.
“Not long ago, the prime minister arrived at Sheba Medical Center,” Israel’s largest hospital, located near Tel Aviv, his office said in a statement.
“He is in good shape and undergoing medical checks,” he added.
In a second statement, Netanyahu’s office said he spent time Friday in the scorching heat of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
“Today he felt slightly dizzy and, on the advice of his personal doctor, Dr.r Zvi Berkowitz, he was taken to Sheba Emergency Department,” the statement said.
“The first examinations showed normal results”, according to the same source.
“The first diagnosis points to dehydration,” his office said, adding that the prime minister will undergo a series of further tests.
Benyamin Netanyahu, who won the November 2022 elections with his allies from the ultra-Orthodox and far-right parties, is struggling domestically where he faces relentless opposition to the judicial reform project championed by his government. .
He is further charged with corruption in a series of cases.
His trial opened in May 2020, a first in Israel for a sitting prime minister. Mr. Netanyahu refutes the accusations brought against him and considers himself the victim of a witch hunt.
In October, he was hospitalized overnight after feeling unwell during the Yom Kippur fast.