Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz wrote on Twitter, Tuesday morning, "I have now spoken to El Al's management and it has been agreed that the company would mobilize to ... return young Israelis from Peru to their families in Israel."
Hundreds of Israelis have been stranded in the South American nation due to a general closure prompted by he coronavirus and by demands by airlines for $3,500 dollars to fly to Israel, according to one of the Israelis who talked to 103FM radio. Minister Katz said, "The Foreign Ministry administration will coordinate the details with the company and with the Peruvian authorities. A long-standing tradition of Al-El as a national airline recruiting to help In an emergency, is continuing even now."