{"id":16301,"date":"2025-04-22T16:29:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16301"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:29:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:29:46","slug":"israels-gaza-war-expansion-to-cost-2-7-billion-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/22\/israels-gaza-war-expansion-to-cost-2-7-billion-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Gaza War Expansion to Cost $2.7 Billion More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The Israeli army has estimated the cost of resuming and expanding the war on the Gaza Strip since March 18 at 10 billion shekels (approximately $2.7 billion USD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"474\">The Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Tuesday: \u201cThe war in Gaza resumed more than a month ago after a ceasefire, and now there is an intention to expand the war through a renewed large-scale ground maneuver, which costs a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"476\" data-end=\"611\">It explained that \u201cthe Israeli army is already speaking about the need for a significant budget increase of around 10 billion shekels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"940\">It added: \u201cIn recent days, the security establishment has calculated the additional cost of prolonging and expanding the war \u2014 potentially occupying around 40% of the Gaza Strip in the coming weeks \u2014 to enhance the security of the settlements surrounding Gaza and prevent the renewal and continuation of rocket fire on Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15415\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/78777.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza War to Cost Israel $67B\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/78777.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/78777-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/78777-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli war on Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"124\"><strong data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"124\">Israel Faces Budget Strain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"1111\">The paper noted that this need for a budget increase \u201chas already been expressed in recent days by senior government officials, including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1113\" data-end=\"1323\">According to the newspaper, senior officials in the Ministry of Finance were shocked by the amount the Israeli army is requesting as an addition to the budget, which amounts to approximately 10 billion shekels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1513\">It quoted a senior Finance Ministry official, who remained unnamed, as saying: \u201cIt is inconceivable that another 10 billion shekels can be allocated to an already inflated defense budget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1515\" data-end=\"1620\">The newspaper also pointed out that \u201cit is not possible to raise taxes on citizens to cover these costs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1622\" data-end=\"1961\">It added: \u201cAt present, there is little doubt that any additional tax increases will be categorically rejected. The preferred solution, in the event of an unavoidable increase in the defense budget, will be another major cut to other government ministries\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/25\/israel-passes-record-169-billion-budget-amid-gaza-war-and-political-tensions\/\">budgets<\/a> and an increase in the national budget deficit by one-tenth or two-tenths.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9832\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9832\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9832 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gaza War\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/The-Israeli-war-in-gaza-Strip-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaza War to Cost Israel $67B<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"55\"><strong data-start=\"23\" data-end=\"55\">Gaza War to Cost Israel $67B<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1963\" data-end=\"2159\">Earlier this year, the Israeli economic newspaper Calcalist reported that the cost of the war on Gaza would reach approximately 250 billion shekels (about $67.57 billion USD) by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2161\" data-end=\"2285\">The paper stated that estimates from the Bank of Israel put the cost of the war on Gaza so far at about 250 billion shekels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2287\" data-end=\"2425\">It explained that the amount includes \u201cdirect security costs, large-scale civilian expenditures, and revenue losses \u2014 and that\u2019s not all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2427\" data-end=\"2633\">With full U.S. support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 168,000 Palestinians killed or injured, most of them women and children, and over 11,000 missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The Israeli army has estimated the cost of resuming and expanding the war on the Gaza Strip since March 18 at 10 billion shekels (approximately $2.7 billion USD). The Hebrew-language newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Tuesday: \u201cThe war in Gaza resumed more than a month ago after a ceasefire, and now there is an intention &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[4986,700,903],"class_list":["post-16301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gaza-war-cost-2025","tag-israeli-army","tag-israeli-war-on-gaza"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Israel\u2019s Gaza War Expansion to Cost $2.7 Billion More - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israeli army estimates an added $2.7 billion cost for expanding its war on Gaza, pushing the total war bill to $67.5 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