Former Israeli president Shimon Peres dies at 93
Former Israeli President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres has died at a hospital near Tel Aviv at the age of 93, after his condition deteriorated following a stroke, local media report.
Peres was admitted to Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan two weeks ago, where he was intubated and sedated. Doctors expressed cautious optimism in the days immediately following his hospitalization.
However, on Tuesday, the former top politician suffered a serious setback incurring irreversible brain damage, the Times of Israel reported.