Nefesh b’Nefesh, which is organising the flight, is an organisation that works on behalf of the Jewish Agency and the Israeli government in coordinating aliyot from Britain and North America.
It told Haaretz that four immigrants postponed their aliyah because of the severe restrictions that the Israeli government would require of them on their arrival. Two changed the dates of their flights and arrived last week.
On Sunday, the Jewish Agency said that it would guarantee the basic needs of all new olim without friends or family in Israel during the country’s lockdown. It will also allow them to handle all necessary paperwork remotely.
Israel is one of the counties with the highest number of coronavirus cases per capita, at 255. As of Monday, some 50,000 people are reported to be in self-quarantine.
