Ariel Sharon Gravely Ill
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has undergone emergency surgery in Jerusalem after suffering a serious stroke.
Mr Sharon, who was treated for a minor stroke in December, was due to lead his new party, Kadima, in national elections in Israel on 28 March. Dr Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah Hospital, told reporters at the hospital on Wednesday night that Mr Sharon had "massive bleeding".
"A significant stroke means that there has been extensive damage," he said, but added that "does not necessarily mean that there will be a lasting effect."
Overnight, Mr Sharon's press spokesman Ranaan Gissin described his condition as "much more serious" than his previous stroke. What an ailing Sharon means for the state of the Middle East is uncertain. Mr Sharon had indicated he would follow up the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and settlers from Gaza with what he termed further major concessions - thought likely to involve handing parts of the West Bank over to Palestinians.
Mr Sharon, who was treated for a minor stroke in December, was due to lead his new party, Kadima, in national elections in Israel on 28 March. Dr Shlomo Mor-Yosef, director of Hadassah Hospital, told reporters at the hospital on Wednesday night that Mr Sharon had "massive bleeding".
"A significant stroke means that there has been extensive damage," he said, but added that "does not necessarily mean that there will be a lasting effect."
Overnight, Mr Sharon's press spokesman Ranaan Gissin described his condition as "much more serious" than his previous stroke. What an ailing Sharon means for the state of the Middle East is uncertain. Mr Sharon had indicated he would follow up the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and settlers from Gaza with what he termed further major concessions - thought likely to involve handing parts of the West Bank over to Palestinians.
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