Former President Zalman Shazar, who suffered what doctors described as a mild heart attack Sunday night, was reported today to be in “satisfactory” condition in a medical bulletin issued by Tiberias Hospital where he is hospitalized. The doctors recommended a few more days of rest and said they will decide at the beginning of next week when to release him.
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