Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed Friday that his country has the intention to "immediately" bring over some 2,000 Ethiopian Jews.
"Some 250 people have left for Israel within the past year until COVID-19 came," Nigusie Alemu Eyasu, program director for the Ethiopian Jews Community, told The Associated Press.
"Now the travel has stopped, but Israeli officials are conducting interviews online," he added.
Some 13,000 Ethiopian Jews are in the capital, Addis Ababa, and in Gondar, most of them waiting to be taken to Israel.
In 1991 while Ethiopia was in the midst of civil war, Israel carried out the Operation Solomon, airlifting out some 14,500 Ethiopian Jews in less than two days.
Ethiopian Jews are often referred to in Ethiopia as "Falashas."
