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Israel: PM Netanyahu Rushed to Hospital

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coughs as he addresses a health conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2018.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coughs as he addresses a health conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2018. | Photo: Reuters

Published 27 March 2018
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The prime minister is facing multiple corruption allegations. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was rushed to hospital Tuesday, Israeli media reported. Netanyahu was suffering from a fever and coughing, several media reports said. 

“The prime minister is suffering from a high fever and is coughing,” spokesman David Baker for the 68-year-old Netanyahu, said in a text message.

Netanyahu’s personal physician believes the prime minister had not fully recovered from an illness two weeks ago and therefore decided he should undergo further tests at hospital, the spokesman said.

Haaretz reported that aides who spoke with the doctor at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital Tuesday evening said there was no need to appoint a replacement for him.

"The prime minister did not complete the time required in order to recover from the illness he had two weeks ago and therefore the symptoms have gotten worse," Baker said in a text message.

Netanyahu's illness has come at a stressful time for the four-times right-wing prime minister, who is under police investigation for corruption in three different cases.

On Monday Netanyahu, his wife and son were questioned by police as part of an investigation into one of the corruption cases in which the prime minister is a suspect.

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