Israel's Netanyahu in hospital after getting pacemaker

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was fitted with a pacemaker connected Sunday aft experiencing a bosom arrhythmia, and was nether reflection successful the cardiac ward of a Tel Aviv-area hospital, his doctors said.

"The implant went smoothly without immoderate complications. He is not successful a life-threatening information and helium feels large and is returning to his regular routine," said Roy Beinart, who manages the arrhythmia centre astatine Sheba Medical Center.

Netanyahu had been fixed a bosom show a week agone aft being hospitalised for what helium said was dehydration from holidaying astatine the Sea of Galilee without decently protecting himself from a heatwave.

The 73-year-old person was summoned urgently connected Saturday nighttime aft a "temporary arrhythmia" was detected, Beinart said.

Before the implant, a smiling Netanyahu recorded a video declaring: "I consciousness great, but I request to perceive to my doctors."

Netanyahu's bureau said connected Sunday helium was expected to beryllium discharged aboriginal successful the day. Meanwhile the play furniture gathering was postponed.

He faces a home situation successful his grounds sixth word arsenic premier minister, with protests surging against his religious-nationalist coalition's propulsion for judicial changes.

Tens of thousands of Israelis marched to Jerusalem connected Saturday, hoping to drum up enactment against the judicial overhaul. They rallied extracurricular parliament up of Monday's ballot connected a measure that would bounds immoderate of the Supreme Court's powers.

Critics fearfulness the judicial changes purpose to curb tribunal independency by Netanyahu, who is connected proceedings for corruption, which helium denies. Netanyahu says the reforms would equilibrium retired branches of government.

The furore has contributed to strains successful relations with the United States, arsenic person surging Israeli-Palestinian unit and advancement successful Iran's atomic programme.

Washington has urged Netanyahu to question wide agreements implicit immoderate judicial reforms. In his video, Netanyahu suggested that past infinitesimal agreements could beryllium reached.

First elected to apical bureau successful 1996, Netanyahu has been some dynamic and polarising. He spearheaded a free-market gyration successful Israel portion showing distrust of internationally backed peacemaking with the Palestinians and satellite powers' negotiations to headdress Iran's atomic programme.

In aboriginal October, a fewer weeks earlier winning a nationalist election, Netanyahu fell sick during the Jewish accelerated of Yom Kippur and was concisely hospitalised.