’Israel’ to Boost Military War Budget by 10%

Local Editor

"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid patched up a very public budgetary rift on Wednesday, agreeing to boost war spending, after a bloody and costly aggression in seized Gaza.

Netanyahu's office said the war ministry would get $1.9 billion-$2.2 billion to defray costs from the 50-day air, sea and land aggression against seized Gaza and an extra $1.6 billion in next year's [2015] budget, for a total $15.6 billion.

"Israel's" war chief Moshe Ya'alon said costs of the 50-day aggression eventually exceeded $2.5 billion.

That estimate, according to an MoD source, includes operations and maintenance costs, replenishment procurement and expenses associated with more than 80,000 reservists called up for duty.