On March 11, 2021, Israel completed Operation Tzur Yisrael, bringing 2,000 Ethiopian Jews home to Israel. The operation, which began in December 2020 with Government Resolution 429, was headed by Itzchak Herzog, Chairman of the Jewish Agency, Aliyah, and Integration Minister MK Pnina Tamano-Shata. With their efforts, nine flights from Ethiopia to Israel carried 2,000 Ethiopian Jews home after years of waiting to make aliyah. Those who made aliyah were part of the Falash Mura community, members of the Beta Israel population in Ethiopia who had converted—either forcibly or out of fear of persecution—to Christianity during the 19th and 20th centuries. In 2015, the Israeli government passed a decision allowing the remaining 9,000 Falash Mura members to be reunited with their families. In late 2020, the first group of 316 Ethiopian Jews landed in Israel as part of Operation Tzur.As part of the operation, 70 infants and 35 elderly people were also brought home. A total of 893 children had also arrived and were integrated into the Israeli education system; 150 of the children started in the first grade. The olim also included around 250 people, aged 18 to 24, who were set to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces.With the help of the Ministry of Aliyah and the Jewish Agency, the Olim settled in absorption centers throughout the country, where they received support and guidance in all aspects of life, including learning Hebrew and entering the workforce or education systems. On the final day of the operation, 300 immigrants landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv. Regarding the operation, Tamano-Shata stated, “Israel’s mission to ensure the aliyah of the remaining Jews in Ethiopia is not over.” After the conclusion of this operation, 7,000 Falash Mura members remained in Ethiopia, waiting to make aliyah. Since the early 1950s, the Jewish Agency has assisted in bringing over 90,000 Ethiopian Jews home to Israel, most famously with Operation Moshe in 1984–1985 and Operation Shlomo in 1991.