Doctors have admitted making a mistake when they treated then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon with large doses of blood thinners after a mild stroke, according to a TV investigation broadcast today.

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s breathing is improving and he may soon be disconnected from a respirator, an Israeli daily newspaper reported today.

Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon today said he was in a hurry to get back to work after suffering a mild stroke, and that he did not think the stroke affected his performance.

Three Palestinians were killed and 20 other people wounded by Israeli gunfire when tanks and armoured vehicles entered the Rafah refugee camp on the Gaza-Egypt border today, hospital officials said.