An Israeli man had a heart attack after hiring a call girl to come to his hotel room only to find it was his own daughter.

The 48-year-old businessman recovered and on his return home to northern Israel told his wife who is now divorcing him.

The Maariv daily paper reports she burst into tears, vowed to put their daughter back on the "right path" and then demanded a divorce.

Her husband was taken to a hospital in Eilat after suffering the heart attack brought on by the shock of seeing his daughter.