(Jan. 27, 2025 / JNS) Sixty-eight Holocaust survivors have moved to Israel since the start of the war on Oct. 7, 2023, including 50 who made the Jewish state their home in 2024, the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration said on Monday.

According to the official government data, which was published on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the oldest new immigrant who survived the Shoah was 98, while the youngest was 81.

The majority, 36, came from Russia, followed by France (13), Ukraine (eight), the United States (six), Germany (three) and Canada (two).