BREAKING: Peres dies at 93

BREAKING: Peres dies at 93
The BBC reports that Mr Peres died in a hospital near Tel Aviv early on Wednesday, September 28, with his family at his bedside.He suffered a stroke on 13 September and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday, September 27.
Mr Peres’s son, Chemi, in a tribute described his father as “one of the founding fathers of the state of Israel” who “worked tirelessly” for it”.
He said his father: “Served our people before we even had a country of our own.
“He worked tirelessly for Israel from the very first day of the state to the last day of his life.
“My father used to say – and I’m quoting – you are only as great as the cause you serve.”
Mr Peres served twice as the country’s prime minister and once as president, he was one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians present at the new nation’s birth in 1948.
He won the Nobel Peace prize in 1994 for his role negotiating peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier.