After the fight, the reckoning
The IDF costs a day s combat against Hamas at over NIS 100 million. The Treasury is skeptical - but the US might help.
The IDF is preparing its demand for a budget supplement to finance the recent outbreak of fighting against Hamas. The Tamir missiles of the Iron Dome system, flying hours for the Israel Air Force, shells and rockets fired into the Gaza Strip, reserve duty for those called up (who were not many), all cost money.
How much money? It depends whom you ask. According to a defense source, the IDF estimates a day of combat at over NIS 100 million, which means about NIS 1.5 million for the twelve days that the IDF was in action. To that the IDF adds over NIS 500 million in ancillary costs. The total demand will therefore be over NIS 2 billion. It is not yet clear whether, in addition to this demand, the IDF will once again raise the demand dating from the beginning of this year for an additional NIS 3 billion to its budget, to compensate for
“I’m confused as to why this happened to me. I never hated anyone or did anything to anyone. I don’t belong to anyone’s faction or political party,” Mansour said.
The Israeli army did not respond to a request for comment on whether there was a strike near either the shop or ice cream factory or what may have been targeted.
Mansour believes Israel was responsible for the destruction of his store. The Israel Defense Forces maintains that hundreds of failed Palestinian rocket launches sowed havoc in the Strip during the fighting and are responsible for some fatalities and some of the damage.
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Israeli trucks carrying supplies for the Gazan people, entering Kerem Shalom cargo crossing on the Israel - Gaza border. Kerem Shalom, Jul 9, 2019.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed five administrative orders for the seizure of equipment that was being smuggled into the Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the days before the start of Operation Guardian of the Walls.
The smuggling attempt was exposed during a joint operation by the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing, the Shin Bet security service and the Crossings Authority.
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The contraband materials included shipments of potassium chloride, glycerin, polyurethane, polyester, fiberglass, and communications equipment.
A Gazan cleans up a street after their war with Israel. May 23, 2021
Sources in the Palestinian Authority (PA) estimate that there is a possibility of forming a Palestinian Unity Government that will take upon itself the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following Gaza’s war with Israel, to mitigate disputes between Hamas and Fatah in light of the partiesâ competition for control of the funds put forward toward the reconstruction projects.
Egypt is considering holding a regional conference soon to discuss how to rehabilitate the Gaza Strip and thus regain its status as the most influential factor in the Gaza Strip, but Hamas is already preparing to present conditions for rehabilitating the Gaza Strip.
May 24, 2021
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On May 13, 2021, the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, revealed its use of Shihab suicide drones.[1] This was followed by a video announcing that it has introduced a new-model drone for intelligence-gathering purposes.
On May 19, 2021, the Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades released a short video clip which includes footage allegedly filmed in Israel on May 18, 2021, by a new drone in the Brigades arsenal. The clip was posted on the Brigades website and on its Telegram channel.[2] The new drone is called the Al-Zawari, and is named for Mohammad Al-Zawari, the Hamas movement s drone engineer who was killed in Tunis in 2016.