The former Israeli President, Shimon Peres, has been rushed to a hospital outside Tel Aviv after suffering a stroke, his office says.
The 93 year old was fully conscious and in a stable condition at the Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Hashomer, according to a statement.
Mr Peres was currently receiving medical treatment, it added.
In January, he underwent successful minor surgery at the same hospital after suffering a small heart attack.
The veteran politician has held almost every major political office since Israel was founded in 1948, and was the architect of Israel's secret nuclear programme.
He twice served as prime minister and was president from 2007 to 2014.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role negotiating the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier, a prize he shared with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was later assassinated, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
Despite his age, Mr Peres has maintained an active public schedule, mostly through his non-governmental Peres Centre for Peace, which promotes closer ties between Israel and the Palestinians.


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