Doctors performed a brain scan on Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon today to check for bleeding, and said they could keep him sedated and on a respirator for several more days to give him a chance to recover.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was returned to the operating room today after a brain scan revealed he required more treatment following “massive, widespread” bleeding in his brain.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a mild stroke tonight and was taken to a Jerusalem’s hospital for treatment, medics there said.

Israel’s tourism minister was shot dead today in an ambush at a Jerusalem hotel in what a militant Palestinian group said was its revenge for the killing of their leader by Israel.

An Israeli man was shot and wounded today in an east Jerusalem hotel, police said.