TEL HISHOMER, Israel, July 16 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released from hospital Sunday after being hospitalized the day before for dehydration, and doctors said he was in good health.
Netanyahu, 73, was taken Saturday to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, near his private residence in the coastal city of Caesarea, and kept overnight under observation.
His motorized convoy was seen leaving the city of Sheba, where Israeli media quoted his office as saying that he was out of service.
In a video statement on Saturday, a smiling, jacket-wearing Netanyahu said he had vacationed on the Sea of Galilee without adequately protecting himself from the heat wave.
On Sunday, Sheba confirmed her original diagnosis of dehydration and said that additional tests with the skin piercing device found Netanyahu to be “in perfect cardiological health.”
The Israeli prime minister’s office said the weekly cabinet meeting, which normally takes place on Sunday, has been postponed to Monday.
Written by Dan Williams Editing by William Mallard, Hugh Lawson and Frances Kerry
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