Washington Post: The Gaza war has cost Israel 18 billion dollars
| About three months have passed since the new crimes committed by the Zionists against the Palestinians, and economists tell the Washington Post that Tel Aviv's economy has been severely damaged and that this war has cost Israel $220 million per day. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, after 85 days have passed since the new round of crimes by the Zionist regime against the Palestinians of Gaza and the martyrdom of more than 22 thousand Palestinians and Tel Aviv’s refusal to stop the war, the American newspaper “Washington Post” reported that Israel’s economy has been severely damaged.
According to this report, the negative effects of the Gaza war for the Zionist regime are now compared to the severe damages caused by the spread of Covid, and economists say that in If the war in Gaza continues, these losses will exceed the losses of Covid.
According to the Washington Post report, since the Gaza war on October 7th, Tel Aviv’s expenses and its debts The regime has increased sharply and Israel’s tax revenues have decreased sharply.
In a part of this report, it is stated that large amounts of money were spent on deploying more than 220,000 reserve forces for the war in Gaza and He has paid them salaries from the treasury.
Economists have estimated in an interview with the Washington Post newspaper that the cost of the Gaza war for the Zionist regime was 18 billion dollars or the equivalent of 220 million dollars per day.
One of the former vice presidents of the “Bank of Israel” and retired professor of Tel Aviv University, Zvi Eckstein, says that the impact of the Gaza war on the budget of the Zionist regime for the fourth quarter of 2023 was equivalent to 19 billion dollars. It will probably reach 20 billion dollars in the first quarter of 2024, and these numbers are based on the fact that the war does not extend to Lebanon. If the war in Gaza lasts for five or more than 10 months, it will cost the Zionist regime more than 50 billion dollars, but this war is likely to last longer because the Israeli Prime Minister warned last week that this war is “not close to the end and It will be a long war”.
Israelis are also unhappy with this situation, so that according to the Washington Post report and according to a survey by the “Latte” charity group, 54% of Israelis said that they are worried that the continuation of the war Gaza will bring many economic hardships for them.
Economists have told the Washington Post in their estimates of the Gaza war that the operation of Al-Aqsa storm by Hamas was a disaster that destroyed the confidence of Israelis, companies and investors. Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet and the army destroyed this regime and it is very difficult to return this trust. The Palestinians have supported.
According to the Washington Post report, the United States gives Israel 3.8 billion dollars in military aid every year and also supplies Israel with hundreds of millions of dollars in bombs, missiles and artillery shells.
On the other hand, the White House is trying to pass a supplemental budget bill in early 2024 that includes $14 billion in aid to the Zionist regime, which is currently stalled in Congress. .
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