'Everything's ok': Gantz released from hospital after feeling unwell

"In times like this it's not worth it to take too many risks," said Gantz.

OCTOBER 18, 2020 16:42

Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90) — Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz at the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on June 28, 2020.

(photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz was released from Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer on Sunday after having visited the hospital after feeling unwell for a consultation with his personal physician Dr. Shlomo Segev.

Gantz underwent tests at the hospital before being released.

Afterward, Gantz tweeted a video of himself in his office, assuring Israelis that "everything is ok."

חברים, תודה על הדאגה. הכל בסדר.אני במשרד ממשיך לעבוד בשבילכם. pic.twitter.com/XDt4BUiXap
— בני גנץ - Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) October 18, 2020

"In times like this it's not worth it to take too many risks," said Gantz. "We stopped, a small check, everything's ok. I'm back in the Kirya, I'm continuing my work [and] soon the cabinet meeting will start. We're here in order to continue serving you."

In August, Gantz underwent back surgery at Sheba for a serious back injury caused during his military service that he had suffered from for years and that had recently worsened. The visit on Sunday was unrelated to the back surgery.