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 hospitalized. (PHOTO / AFP)
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sent to hospital on Saturday after he complained of dizziness, his office said.
Netanyahu, 73, is "in good condition and is undergoing a medical examination," according to a statement released by his office.
"The initial assessment is dehydration," the Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv where Netanyahu was being treated and PM office said in a joint statement.
Israel's Channel 12 news aired a video statement from Netanyahu made in the medical center, in which he said he was feeling "very good"
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Netanyahu had spent several hours in the heat at the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel on Friday, and complained of slight dizziness on Saturday before he was admitted to hospital, Israeli media quoted the medical center and his office as saying.
In the evening, Israel's Channel 12 news aired a video statement from Netanyahu made in the medical center, in which he said, "I feel very good."
"Yesterday, I was with my wife at the Sea of Galilee, in the sun, without a hat, without water … not a good idea," he said.
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On Wednesday, Israel's Meteorological Service issued a severe heat stress warning, stating that rising temperatures will lead to a "risk of dehydration and heat stroke," especially among the sick and elderly.