(IsraelNN.com) 366 North American immigrants arrived Wednesday morning on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight to Israel. The group includes five physicians and 22 youths who will enlist directly into the IDF. More than 1000 people are on hand to welcome the new Israelis. The flights marks the second Nefesh B'Nefesh planeload of the summer, in a wave of aliyah that will bring over 3000 new olim to Israel this year.

Several government ministers, including Minister of Internal Affairs Eli Yishai, Minister of Information and Diaspora Yuli Edelstein, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon, are greeting the new immigrants. In addition, Jewish Agency chair Natan Sharansky is participating in the event.