On Aug. 3, 1990, a Friday afternoon, the first plane of 196 Jewish children evacuated from regions effected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster landed in Ben-Gurion International Airport.
30 Years Since Chernobyl: How 3,000 Children Were Airlifted Out of Nuclear Disaster
30 years have passed since reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded in the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, shooting radioactive particles high into the atmosphere and causing the worst nuclear disaster in history.
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