Zeev Rotstein (C), director of Tel Hashomer Hospital, addresses a press conference at Tel Hashomer Hospital where former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is hospitalized near Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 2, 2014. A severe deterioration in the condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006, was reported by Israeli media outlets on Wednesday. The former prime minister, 85 years old, has been kept on life support for the past eight years and is apparently suffering from a kidney failure, which could very well lead to a multi-system organ failure and death, Channel 10 news reported. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)

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Former Israeli PM Sharon's health deteriorates: report

JERUSALEM, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A severe deterioration in the condition of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma since 2006, was reported by Israeli media outlets on Wednesday. Full story