Former President Shimon Peres was released from Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, 9 Shevat. Mr. Peres was rushed to the hospital last week after his private physician determined he may be suffering a heart attack.

The president did indeed suffer a minor cardiac incident and was immediately taken for a cardiac catheterization after it was determined one of his cardiac arteries was blocked. Following the procedure doctors announced the 92-year-old Nobel Prize laureate was in excellent physical condition but was required to remain in the hospital for a number of days for observation.

Doctors have instructed Mr. Peres not to attend the World Economic Conference in Davos, Switzerland this week as planned, but to remain home and rest.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)