Former Israeli President Shimon Peres has been taken to a hospital after “having suffered a brain episode,” the office of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said Tuesday.
Peres, 93, also a former Israeli Prime Minister and a Nobel laureate, is in stable condition, receiving treatment and “is fully conscious,” the office said.
Further details about Peres’ hospitalization weren’t immediately available.
Tuesday’s news came about eight months after Peres was rushed to a hospital when he suffered a minor heart attack. He underwent emergency surgery then and returned to the hospital 10 days later after suffering from an irregular heartbeat.
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