Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu taken to hospital after suffering chest pains
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Benjamin
Netanyahu has been rushed to hospital after complaining of chest pains.
The Israeli prime minister, 73, is undergoing
tests but is otherwise in a "good condition", officials said.
A
"preliminary assessment" by doctors suggests he is suffering from
dehydration and nothing "out of order" has been found so far, his
office said in a statement.
It comes
as Israel experiences a heatwave this
weekend.
Footage
later aired by Israeli TV showed Netanyahu in hospital smiling and urging the
public to take care during the hot weather.
He said: "Thank God, I feel really well. I ask you all, spend less time in the sun less, drink more water, and may we all have a good new week."
He also
underwent a "routine colonoscopy" in January earlier this year.
Local
reports said the Israeli leader reported feeling unwell at his home in
Caesarea, where he had been spending the weekend, and was taken to hospital
from there.
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He was
fully conscious en route to Sheba hospital, in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv,
according to local reports.
Israel's
Channel 12 TV said he was not undergoing sedation and no procedures were
underway to declare him incapacitated.
A
spokesperson for his office confirmed: "Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived a
short while ago to the Sheba Medical Center.
"He is well and is recovering.
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