JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A senior Israeli government minister has been shot in the head in an assassination attempt, police say.
Rehavam Zeevi, a far-right member of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government, was taken to Hadassa Hospital hospital in Jerusalem after being shot at a hotel early Wednesday morning.
CNN's Jerrold Kessel said Zeevi had been seriously injured in the shooting.
Zeevi, minister for tourism, had resigned nearly 48 hours earlier, along with another right-wing minister, over concessions to the Palestinians he believed were being made by Sharon.
His resignation would have taken effect on Wednesday. Kessel said it was unclear whether Zeemi had any armed bodyguards with him.
News agencies are saying two men were involved in the shooting, which happened at the Hyatt Hotel in east Jerusalem where Zeemi stayed when parliament was sitting.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Reuters news agency quoted police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby as saying three shots were fired at Zeevi, who was at the entrance to his room in the hotel.
His wife, who had been with him in the dining room, went up to the room and found him lying in the corridor, he added.