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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

pacemakers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a cadets graduation ceremony at the IDF's officers school in southern Israel, known as Bahad 1, March 7, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
March 10, 2024, 7:23 pm
Citing war, petitioners seek to force PM to reveal his health status, succession plan
Survivors of massacre, MK and others turn to High Court, say Netanyahu hasn’t been transparent about his well-being, allege he’s shown worrying signs, including ‘drooping eyelids’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to a discussion and a vote on the expulsion of MK Ofer Cassif at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90).
March 5, 2024, 9:42 am
PM’s office slams rumors Netanyahu faking the flu to avoid work meeting
Rumors circulate on social media after premier cancels entire Sunday schedule, with his health under scrutiny following recent pacemaker surgery
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the reasonableness bill at the Knesset on July 24, 2023 after being fitted with a pacemaker. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 1, 2024, 5:03 am
PM’s annual medical report says he is in a ‘completely normal state of health’
Months after Netanyahu had pacemaker fitted following discovery of ‘transient heart block,’ doctor says the device is working normally and no further treatment is needed
By ToI Staff
18-year-old Shahad from Gaza is the first child to be implanted with a new kind of heart pacemaker in Israel. It was also the first time the implantation was done through a catheter in the neck rather than the groin. The procedure was done at Wolfson Medical Center, September 2023. (Courtesy of Save a Child's Heart)
September 26, 2023, 5:51 am
In Israeli first, Gazan girl receives new kind of pacemaker in innovative procedure
Teams of doctors from Save A Child’s Heart at Wolfson Medical Center implant cardiac device, identical to the one given to Netanyahu, through 18-year-old patient’s neck
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L)) and his wife, Sara, ahead of a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris on February 2, 2023. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
August 13, 2023, 6:22 pm
Netanyahu to resume foreign travel in September after health pause
PM is refraining from flying for over a month after he was fitted with a pacemaker; will inaugurate Israeli equivalent of Air Force One in the fall
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the reasonableness bill at the Knesset on July 24, 2023 after being fitted with a pacemaker. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 1:06 pm
Daily Briefing July 27: PM’s heart keeps pace as US expresses disappointment
Jacob Magid discusses Washington’s reaction to judicial overhaul, new US embassy chief and visa waiver, as health editor Renee Ghert-Zand looks at MD protests and PM’s health
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking from Sheba Medical Center, July 23, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 24, 2023, 11:09 am
Netanyahu released from hospital following implantation of pacemaker
Prime minister heads to Knesset for key vote on judicial overhaul bill, despite reported orders from doctors to stay home and rest
By ToI Staff
Anti-overhaul activists attend a special prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 23, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 23, 2023, 2:07 pm
Daily Briefing July 23: After prayers at Western Wall, protesters march to Knesset
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and news editor Amy Spiro describe protests on the streets as the Knesset begins final debate over the contentious ‘reasonableness’ bill
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video from Sheba Medical Center on July 23, 2023, after having a pacemaker installed. (Screen capture)
July 23, 2023, 1:46 pm
As PM gets pacemaker, doctors reveal he had ‘transient heart block,’ monitor saved him
Specialists also admit Netanyahu fainted last week, had heart conduction problem for years; hasn’t released medical report since 2016; criticism that public denied full picture
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on July 9, 2023. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
July 23, 2023, 12:28 pm
Netanyahu’s trips to Turkey and Cyprus postponed after he has pacemaker implanted
Premier’s scheduled visit to Ankara to meet with Turkish President Erdogan would have been first meeting of countries’ leaders since 2008
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial ceremony for Revisionist Zionist leader Ze'ev Jabotinsky at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on July 18, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 23, 2023, 11:42 am
Netanyahu underwent surgery to have pacemaker fitted. Here’s why, and what it will do
Premier has small battery-powered cardiac pacing device implanted to prevent heart from beating too slowly; PM’s trips to Turkey, Cyprus are postponed
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a video message, explaining that he is going into the hospital to have a pacemaker fitted, early on July 23, 2023. (Screenshot)
July 23, 2023, 4:14 am
Netanyahu has pacemaker fitted, on eve of final votes on coalition’s overhaul bill
Week after being hospitalized for ‘dehydration’ and getting heart monitor, warning from device prompts surgery for cardiac pacing machine; Levin acting PM, cabinet meeting delayed
By Michael Bachner
In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi King Faisal walks with a cane as he leaves King Faisal Specialist Hospital with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, and entourage, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March, 16, 2022. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
March 16, 2022, 2:43 pm
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman undergoes medical tests, has pacemaker battery changed
Monarch’s health closely monitored as he holds absolute power in the kingdom, set to be succeeded by 36-year-old son, Prince Mohammed
By AP
In this file photo taken on November 13, 2020 US Vice President Mike Pence delivers an update on "Operation Warp Speed" in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. - US Vice President Mike Pence on January 12, 2021, told House leaders he does not support invoking the 25th Amendment process to remove Donald Trump, all but guaranteeing an imminent impeachment vote against the president. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
April 16, 2021, 5:58 am
Mike Pence has pacemaker fitted to deal with ‘slow heart rate’
Former US vice president’s office says surgery successful, full recovery expected in days
By AFP
President Reuven Rivlin speaks during an event hosting Israeli ambassadors to European countries, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, January 1, 2017. (Mark Neyman/GPO)
January 20, 2017, 7:36 am
Reuven Rivlin returns home after receiving pacemaker
77-year-old president undergoes procedure to monitor cardiac arrhythmia, expected to resume full duties next week
By ToI Staff
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