Mr Peres
suffered a stroke two weeks ago. His condition had improved before a sudden
deterioration on Tuesday.
Shimon Peres,
who served twice as Israel's prime minister and once as president, has died at
the age of 93.
His son Chemi
led tributes to "one of the founding fathers of the state of Israel"
who "worked tirelessly" for it.
World figures
are expected to attend his funeral in Jerusalem on Friday, including US
President Barack Obama, Prince Charles and Pope Francis.
Mr Peres 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.
He once said
the Palestinians were Israel's "closest neighbours" and might become
its "closest friends".
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