Secret operation brings 19 of Yemen's last Jews to Israel

Some of Yemen's last remaining Jews have arrived in Israel after a clandestine operation retrieved them from the war-torn country, an Israeli nonprofit group said on Monday.

Over the last few days, 19 Yemenite Jews landed in Israel - among them a rabbi carrying a 500-year-old Torah scroll - according to the Jewish Agency, which works closely with the Israeli government and acts as a link to Jews around the world.

Hundreds of Jews have arrived in Israel from Yemen in recent years, but the most recent arrivals could mark the end of this immigration. The 50 remaining Jews in Yemen want to stay in the country, the agency said.