Former Israeli President Shimon Peres was respirated and sedated after suffering a severe stroke on Tuesday night at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer.
The veteran 93-year-old politician had just last week undergone the insertion of a pacemaker at the hospital and was discharged the next day in good condition.
He returned to the hospital for a checkup, but suddenly had a stroke.
Ayelet Frish, the former president’s communications consultant, said that Peres “woke up this morning at his home with palpitations and a feeling of constriction on his chest.” Peres had complained of chest pains and had difficulty breathing.
His personal physician is also his son-in-law, Prof. Rafi Walden, who is a leading surgeon and deputy director of Sheba. After hearing of his complaints, he took him to the hospital for tests.
It was not known whether it was an ischemic stroke caused by an obstruction in a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain or a hemorrhagic stroke that occurs when a weakened blood vessel ruptures (usually caused by uncontrolled hypertension).
It is also unknown if there was any connection between the insertion of the pacemaker to ensure his heartbeat is regular and the stroke.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter that he and the entire people of Israel love him and hope he has a complete recovery.
The longest serving of all of Israel’s public servants, Peres completed his seven year term of office as President of the State of Israel, just two weeks shy of his 91st birthday.
First we need to pray for all the Jewish widows & orphans whose relatives were killed in the Hamas Palestinian Terrorist attacks.
Then we have to pray for all those 1000+ Jews who were permanently injured (crippled, blinded, paralyzed, etc) in the HAmas Palestinian terrorist attacks.
Then we have to pray that no more Jews will be killed & permanently injured by Hamas Palestinians terrorist attacks.
According to rabbi matisyahu glazerson it says in bible code that the merit of shimon peres is that he is shomer shabbat and that he incouraged shmirat shabbat in Israel. I had never known that shimon peres is shomer shabbat until I saw it in utube under rabbi glazerson
May Hashem give him a refuah shlema!
agreed totally and everyone knows it.
Giving up land no matter what is morally wrong in the face of a world that will castigate us NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.
It’s been proven over and over and over!
how can any Jew wish a sick Jew ill.
stop the negative comments, it is against everything for which we stand.
Refuah shleimah Shimon Peres.
Not only was Oslo accords signed Sept 13 1993 and his stroke was Sept 13 2016 but he is 93 years old born in 1923 and it’s 23 years since Oslo accords.
Yes. Those that give away precious land, endangered all of Israel….. And may the living take to heart.
Have you lost your minds, Its Elul , dont start playing g-d and deciding who gets punished and for what … This is not our way. a Jew r’l had a stroke, his name is shimon ben sarah .. open a tehillim and daven that he and all those who need a refua should merit one †his second !!
After expelling Jews from Gaza, Ariel sharon went for a procedure in the hospital and suffered a stroke as a result. In his case his blood thinner level wasn’t checked properly causing a brain hemorrhage. He was unconscious for years afterwards until he died
shimon ben ??
It is interesting to note that the Oslo Accords were officially signed at a public ceremony in Washington, D.C., on September 13, 1993. Peres suffered stroke on September 13, 2016
Shimon ben Sarah
His full Name please?