Operation Solomon

When

24 May 1991 – 25 May 1991

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

8.98° N, 38.80° E

Description

covert Israeli military operation to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 1991

1991 airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel

Operation Solomon was a covert Israel Defense Forces operation from May 24 to 25, 1991, to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Non-stop flights of 35 Israeli aircraft, including Israeli Air Force C-130s and El Al Boeing 747s, transported 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 36 hours.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Following authorisation by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, Operation Solomon commences to airlift most of the remaining Beta Israel community from…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Opération Salomon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Израиль провёл операцию «Соломон», во время которой за 36 часов из Эфиопии было вывезено 14 325 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page