Sara Netanyahu hospitalized after Cyprus trip

The prime minister's wife fell ill on their diplomatic mission. She was held for monitoring overnight and then released.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 17:52

Updated: SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 18:19

Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote, together with his wife Sara Netanyahu at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset Elections, on March 23, 2021. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL) — Israeli Prime Minister and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote, together with his wife Sara Netanyahu at a voting station in Jerusalem, during the Knesset Elections, on March 23, 2021.

(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/POOL)

Sara Netanyahu was hospitalized overnight Thursday at Hadassah Ein Keren Medical Center in Jerusalem after falling ill on the prime minister's diplomatic trip to Cyprus, the Prime Minister's Office said.

Netanyahu started feeling ill on the second day of the mission, according to the statement, and continued to feel sick on her return home. She entered the hospital in the middle of the night and was seen by Prof. Alon Pikarsky, chair of Hadassah's Division of Surgery.

The prime minister's wife received fluids and was monitored overnight before being released at around noon on Friday.

Hadassah confirmed the report.

After experiencing heart problems over the summer, the prime minister was hospitalized and ultimately fitted with a pacemaker.

Benjamin Netanyahu is 73 years old and his wife is 64.