Israel’s Shimon Peres rushed to hospital with chest pains

Ayelet Frisch told Israel Army Radio that Peres fell ill on Thursday morning at his home. She said that after a check-up found changes to his heart rate, he was sent by ambulance to a hospital near Tel Aviv.

Frisch says Peres is conscious and was communicating. She says “we hope to have good news.”

Peres, aged 92, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 following the signing of a peace accord with the Palestinians. He completed his seven year term as president in 2014 and is still in the public eye. He remains active through his Peres Center for Peace, which promotes coexistence between Arabs and Jews.