The last number: How much did Israel’s war on Gaza cost?

The Israeli economic newspaper Calcalist said that the cost of the war on the Gaza Strip amounted to about 250 billion shekels ($67.57 billion) until the end of 2024.

The newspaper described this cost as “heavy” and reflecting the “failure” in the war on the Gaza Strip, explaining that this requires “the need for a significant increase in the budget of the Israeli Ministry of Defense during the next decade.”

She said, “This (future) budget consists of purchasing more planes, helicopters, armored personnel carriers, and large quantities of weapons and ammunition, as well as investing in people or the Israeli soldier himself.”

The newspaper added, “The failure of the Israeli army in the war on Gaza did not stop at this number, as it was preceded by a number of human losses and wounded, in addition to the families and families of the injured who were affected morally, and some of them mentally as well.”

She pointed out that “the talk about the war numbers and its results comes against the backdrop of talk about the committee examining the security and defense budget,” known in Israel as the “Nagel Committee” after its chairman, Yaakov Nagel. (Al Jazeera Net – Anatolia)