In July 1949, JDC began the largest phase of מבצע על כנפי נשרים MIVẒA AL KANFEI NEŜARIM (Operation On Wings of Eagles).

AM 5709: In July 1949, JDC began the largest phase of מבצע על כנפי נשרים MIVẒA AL KANFEI NEŜARIM (Operation On Wings of Eagles). Families sold or abandoned property to reach the planes; rescue also carried the costs of dangerous travel and losses that arrival could not undo.¹⁶