An eight-year-old Israeli boy spent six hours floating in the Dead Sea alone at night after his father left him there by accident during a family trip, police said.

An eight-year-old Israeli boy was found alive after spending six hours floating at night in the Dead Sea, rescue workers said today.

PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas convened an emergency cabinet meeting yesterday to respond to a Hamas suicide bombing that killed 20 people.

Security was stepped up across Israel today after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus packed with Jews returning from evening prayers, killing at least 20 people.