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		Peruvians carrying a coffin Thursday amid debris in the town of Pisco after a huge earthquake ravaged the country's central coast. (Reuters)

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Gov't gives Peru $20,000 for quake relief; no Israelis reported hurt

By Haaretz Service and Reuters

tags: Israel, Aid, Peru, Quake

President Shimon Peres ordered his aides on Friday to examine ways Israel can assist Peru, after a powerful earthquake ravaged its central coast on Wednesday killing some 500 people.

The Foreign Ministry reported Friday that it has been in contact with all the Israelis known to have been in the area of the disaster. About 50 Israelis in Peru still have not communicated with their families. No Israelis, however, are known to have been hurt in the earthquake.

Also Friday, Israel Radio reported that the Foreign Ministry gave the Peruvian government $20,000, earmarked for buying tents and blankets for those injured in the quake.

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The 8.0-magnitude quake struck late on Wednesday and many of its victims were poor, killed when their flimsy mud-brick homes caved in. Hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed, forcing residents to lay bodies out on city streets.

Peruvian firefighters and the United Nations said the earthquake had killed at least 510 people, while civil defense authorities put the latest death toll at 437. About 2,000 more were injured.

More than 24 hours after the quake, a series of aftershocks sowed panic in the hardest hit towns south of the capital Lima, although the rescue of a man from the rubble of a collapsed church brought some hope to rescuers in the town of Pisco

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1.	Kol HaKavod Israel!	15:32	\|	ILSupporter	17/08/07

2.	20,000$; this is a joke	16:26	\|	cc	17/08/07

3.	Give it to the holocaust survivors	16:52	\|	Lilly	17/08/07

4.	Stop trying to play the nice guy	16:56	\|	zev	17/08/07

5.	to lily and cc	17:15	\|	Ian Halfin	17/08/07

6.	damned if they do, damned if they dont..	17:41	\|	danny	17/08/07

7.	It`s a good start	19:21	\|	Some Random Guy	17/08/07

8.	HOW CHEAP! ONLY 20000!	19:43	\|	natalie cohen	17/08/07

9.	Even 20.000$ is a lot of money in a poor country!	19:49	\|	Alicia	17/08/07

10.	Israeli in peru	19:52	\|	shimona	17/08/07

11.	great	19:58	\|	Realistic Arab	17/08/07

12.	Disgraceful.	20:24	\|	Michael Steiner	17/08/07

13.	toda raba, gracias, danke and thank you	20:39	\|	SP	17/08/07

14.	#3 Lilly the generous one.	20:50	\|	Labhras	17/08/07

15.	$20,000 is more then most countries have pledged!	20:51	\|	Ryan	17/08/07

16.	#11 Realistic Arab forgot to mention	20:56	\|	Labhras	17/08/07

17.	Israeli Generosity Sets New World Standard	21:40	\|	Morris Freidman III	17/08/07

18.	2. cc	21:45	\|	KUTW	17/08/07

19.	natalie cohen	22:14	\|	KUTW	17/08/07

20.	Latest figures of casualties	22:35	\|	KUTW	17/08/07

21.	Re: Ryan from Canada	23:03	\|	Dr Ibrahim al-Khouly	17/08/07

22.	Aftershocks	23:17	\|	KUTW	17/08/07

23.	9. Alicia	23:24	\|	KUTW	17/08/07

24.	Thank you	23:27	\|	Monica	17/08/07

25.	#16 Labrat	23:30	\|	Sol	17/08/07

26.	realistic Arab	23:50	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	17/08/07

27.	How much did the PA pledge ? or Arabs?	23:50	\|	Sam	17/08/07

28.	The FM money to Peru is fine , but Israel must assist Peru	00:28	\|	Joseph E .	18/08/07

29.	# 24 Monica / Peru	00:47	\|	Joseph E .	18/08/07

30.	One of Israel`s darkest hour as a country	01:29	\|	Marcus Davidson	18/08/07

31.	#25 Sol	02:38	\|	Labhras	18/08/07

32.	come on now	03:43	\|	Omar	18/08/07

33.	Nice way to put it Mr.Davidson from Boston	03:51	\|	Omar	18/08/07

34.	bolivia june 9,1994 sound bouns in eaths inside	04:11	\|	alfred youngberg	18/08/07

35.	aid to Peru	06:43	\|	John Alexopoulos	18/08/07

36.	UNBELIEVABLE	07:10	\|	JAY	18/08/07

37.	Labhras	08:58	\|	JES	18/08/07

38.	Israel should make sure that those $20.000 dollars are not spent	09:21	\|	Yoav Naor	18/08/07

39.	The " cheap" jew	09:50	\|	Rami G.	18/08/07

40.	20 000$ for the "First Aid"	10:45	\|	Alicia	18/08/07

41.	$20,000	11:10	\|	Mel McManus	18/08/07

42.	Forgotten a couple zeros	11:35	\|	CP	18/08/07

43.	Livni is responsible for the $20,000 assistance.	11:53	\|	S	18/08/07

44.	Zionist generosity	12:09	\|	raymond deane	18/08/07

45.	20,000 is just the start,,how much are you guys giving?	12:42	\|	James McNamara	18/08/07

46.	Sorry about the quake. Have a round of cokes on me...	12:46	\|	Natallie Durson	18/08/07

47.	To #2	12:58	\|	Lima	18/08/07

48.	$44 Raymond Deane	14:16	\|	Labhras	18/08/07

49.	Israel is humanitarian joke	14:19	\|	Petteri	18/08/07

50.	#49 Petteri: and how big a joke is Finland?	14:42	\|	Alicia	18/08/07

51.	Israel always sends help all over the world	15:34	\|	Dennis M Starkman	18/08/07

52.	Labarse # 16	17:26	\|	ChanahS	18/08/07

53.	How much did the Arab States give?	18:22	\|	Margie in Tel Aviv	18/08/07

54.	Stereotype??	20:14	\|	chet	18/08/07

55.	Good initial pledge	20:14	\|	Matt	18/08/07

56.	#52 - ChanahS	20:22	\|	JES	18/08/07

57.	Chomping S	21:46	\|	Labhras	18/08/07

58.	#52 JES about Labouring Arse	21:57	\|	Angelique	18/08/07

59.	Aid to Peru	22:01	\|	Miriam	18/08/07

60.	#57 - Labhras: Just to clarify	22:40	\|	JES	18/08/07

61.	Wow! Israel donates 20`000$. How many cluster bombs	23:07	\|	Andreas	18/08/07

62.	Kibbutz Movement to collect tents...	01:07	\|	KUTW	19/08/07

63.	59. Miriam: Aid to Peru	01:16	\|	KUTW	19/08/07

64.	Alicia	01:49	\|	KUTW	19/08/07

65.	$20,000	14:20	\|	Cyasher	20/08/07

66.	Canada	18:21	\|	Beverley Webster	21/08/07

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