Gaza war takes its toll on Israel’s finances as threat of war with Lebanon escalates

According to the Bank of Israel and the Israeli Ministry of Finance, the cost of the first six months of the war, which Netanyahu has said will continue for months and shows every sign of escalating into an all-out war against Hezbollah in the north and the Houthis in the Red Sea, had reached more than 70 billion shekels ($73 billion) by the end of March.