$246 million...the daily cost of the war on "Israel"

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich confirmed that the 2023-2024 budget is "no longer appropriate" due to the Gaza war and will be amended. He noted that he "has not yet assessed the indirect costs to the economy, which has entered a state of partial paralysis due to the mass mobilization of reserve soldiers and the intensive Palestinian rocket attacks."

The Israeli official estimated the direct cost of the war at $246 million per day, adding, "I do not expect a large deficit in Israel despite the crisis."