Opposition leader Isaac Herzog was hospitalized at the Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv on Friday evening after apparently suffering a suspected mild stroke.
Army Radio said Herzog, 56, was not feeling well and was taken by his driver to the hospital. He was walking by himself and fully conscious the whole time, the report said.
Herzog underwent several examinations and will remain in the hospital overnight for observation.
The Haaretz newspaper quoted the hospital as saying It is suspected that he suffered a mild stroke, but that the effects had passed. Herzog was in stable condition.
Herzog Later tweeted a photo of himself, saying that he had undergone tests “felt better.”
“thank you for your concerns and to the medical staff,” he said.
Herzog, a former welfare minister and son of former president Chaim Herzog, has been head of the Labor Party since 2013, leading it into its current incarnation as the Zionist Union.
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