For the first time in 40 years, Israel's El Al Airlines will fly on the Jewish Sabbath in an effort to bring back Israeli army reservists to fight against the Hamas terrorist group, which carried out deadly attacks in Israel over the weekend.

The airlines will conduct flights from the United States and Asia on Saturday, flying on the Sabbath for the first time since 1982. Soldiers, medical and rescue teams, and other security force members will be flown out on Boeing 787 aircraft, one leaving from New York, two from Bangkok, and another from Madrid, and will land at Ben Gurion International Airport, according to Reuters.

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El Al Airlines said it received permission from rabbis to override the religious observance and will be flying soldiers free of charge, paid for by the airline and large financial institutions in the U.S.

Israeli citizens living overseas have been struggling to get home to assist their country after Hamas attacks have killed over 1,200 people in Israel and wounded thousands. The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll for Palestinians is at least 1,100.

The Israeli military summoned around 360,000 reservists to join the fight on Tuesday as attacks intensified, with many more from overseas trying to go back home. Yonatan Steiner, 24, was in New York working for a tech company and flew back to join his old army medical unit.

Steiner told Reuters over a phone call from the border near Lebanon where his unit is based that, “Everyone is coming. No one is saying no.

"This is different, this is unprecedented, the rules have changed," Steiner said.

Individuals in the medical field or studying medicine are also yearning to help, including 23-year-old Nimrod Nedan who is studying medicine in Lithuania. Nedan told Reuters that friends and family have died or gone missing as a result of the surprise attacks.

"I cannot sit here and study medicine while I know that my friends are fighting and my family needs protection. This is my time," he said.

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Others who have family in Israel are hoping to travel to the war-torn area to help out. Adam Jacobs, 18, attends community college in New Jersey and was born and raised in the U.S. He has traveled to visit family in Israel for multiple summers, and told Time his cousin was killed in the attacks. He is looking to take on volunteer work in Israel, like shuttling supplies.

“I couldn’t live with myself if I stayed here,” Jacobs said. “It’s never been this bad.”