Israel’s Ex-Premier Begin to Leave Hospital
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From Reuters
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, hospitalized for fatigue last week, is regaining strength and will be released within the next few days.
The reclusive Begin, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978, entered Shaare Zedek Medical Center near his house in Jerusalem only days after celebrating his 76th birthday.
“He is in very good health,” a hospital spokeswoman said, adding that Begin was hospitalized because of weakness attributed to a loss of sodium.
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