Minister Esawi Frej in ICU after stroke

Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej has been hospitalized in intensive care after suffering a stroke.

Frej, 58, was rushed from his office to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv earlier in the day for an unspecified ailment.

A spokesperson for the Meretz lawmaker tells Channel 12 news that he is doing well, and is awake and speaking.

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