Former Israeli President Shimon Peres put into induced coma

‘Shimon Peres, the former Prime Minister and President of Israel, has been put into a medically-induced coma at a hospital in eastern Tel Aviv, according to a statement from his office.
Peres’s spokeswoman announced on Tuesday that the Israeli political heavyweight was rushed to the Sheba Medical Centre in Tel HaShomer after suffering a stroke, but said he was “stable and fully conscious” on Tuesday, AP reported.’
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