<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing medical assessments in an Israeli hospital on Saturday but was in good condition, his office said, with local media seeing no grounds for a handover of power.</p>.<p>Netanyahu, 73, was fully conscious en route to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, and walked into the emergency room, Israel's <em>Channel 12 TV</em> said, quoting the premier's doctor.</p>.<p>He was not undergoing sedation and no procedures were under way to declare him incapacitated, <em>Channel 12</em> said.</p>.<p>Tel Hashomer is close to coastal Caesarea, where Netanyahu has a private residence. Israeli media said he was there when he reported feeling unwell.</p>.<p>Netanyahu took ill during the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur in early October and was briefly hospitalised. Israel has been in the grip of a weekend heatwave.</p>.<p>The veteran conservative leader is also in the eye of a political storm over his plan to overhaul the judiciary, which has set off unprecedented protests by Israelis worried for the future independence of the courts.</p>.<p>That has compounded tensions with the US administration over his religious-nationalist coalition government's hardline tack on the Palestinians. In parallel, Netanyahu has been on trial in three corruption case in which he denies wrongdoing.</p>.<p>A brief statement from his office confirmed he was at Sheba and said he was in good condition undergoing medical assessment.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undergoing medical assessments in an Israeli hospital on Saturday but was in good condition, his office said, with local media seeing no grounds for a handover of power.</p>.<p>Netanyahu, 73, was fully conscious en route to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, and walked into the emergency room, Israel's <em>Channel 12 TV</em> said, quoting the premier's doctor.</p>.<p>He was not undergoing sedation and no procedures were under way to declare him incapacitated, <em>Channel 12</em> said.</p>.<p>Tel Hashomer is close to coastal Caesarea, where Netanyahu has a private residence. Israeli media said he was there when he reported feeling unwell.</p>.<p>Netanyahu took ill during the Jewish fast of Yom Kippur in early October and was briefly hospitalised. Israel has been in the grip of a weekend heatwave.</p>.<p>The veteran conservative leader is also in the eye of a political storm over his plan to overhaul the judiciary, which has set off unprecedented protests by Israelis worried for the future independence of the courts.</p>.<p>That has compounded tensions with the US administration over his religious-nationalist coalition government's hardline tack on the Palestinians. In parallel, Netanyahu has been on trial in three corruption case in which he denies wrongdoing.</p>.<p>A brief statement from his office confirmed he was at Sheba and said he was in good condition undergoing medical assessment.</p>