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| Former Israeli president Shimon Peres in hospital after suffering stroke | |
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| Shimon Peres, the former Israeli president, has been sedated and placed on a respirator after suffering a stroke and being rushed to a hospital, his office has said. | |
| His office said the 93-year-old was expected to undergo a CT scan following the emergency. Israeli TV stations reported that Peres was suffering bleeding in the brain and described the stroke as serious. | |
| Peres has held virtually every senior political office in Israel over a seven-decade career, including three terms as prime minister as well as stints as foreign minister and finance minister. | |
| He won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in reaching an interim peace agreement with the Palestinians. | |
| Peres has remained active since completing his seven-year term as president in 2014, and is one of the country’s most popular public figures. | |
| In a message posted on Facebook, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wished Peres a speedy recovery. “Shimon, we love you and the entire nation wishes you get well,” he said. |