The decision came in a telephone call Tuesday between Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Jack Rosen, chairman of the American Jewish Congress-Council for World Jewry, the AJCongress said in a news release.

It's rare for a Muslim country to accept disaster relief from Israel, and Pakistan initially had indicated that it would not take Israeli aid. Musharraf, who recently addressed U.S. Jewish groups at a New York event sponsored by the AJCongress, also said Pakistan would accept help from American Jewish groups, some of whom have opened funds to collect donations.

The earthquake killed at least 30,000 people.