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Operation Magic Carpet began in June 1949 and ended in September 1950. Part of the operation happened during the Israeli war of independence (30 November 1947 – 20 July 1949) and the 1948 Arab-Israeli War (15 May 1948 – 10 March 1949). The operation was planned by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The plan was for the Jews from all over Yemen to make their way to the Aden area. Specifically, the Jews were to arrive in Hashed Camp and live there until they could be airlifted to Israel. Hashed was an old British military camp in the desert, about a mile away from the city of Sheikh Othman. The operation took longer than was originally planned. Over the course of the operation, hundreds of migrants died in Hashed Camp, as well as on the plane rides to Israel. By September 1950, almost 50,000 Jews had been successfully airlifted to newly formed state of Israel.