A Hebrew newspaper revealed the cost of the war launched by Israel against Iran and Lebanon, and said that it cost the treasury about 6.4 billion dollars during the first 19 days of the ongoing war.
The Israeli economic newspaper “The Marker” said on Thursday: “It is a particularly expensive war, weapons in huge quantities, dozens of fighter planes flying to Iran daily and 200 planes on the opening day (the beginning of the war).”
She explained that “drones are present in Iran almost around the clock, and 60 aircraft operate as air refueling stations thanks to the United States, as well as interception and reserve aircraft, in addition to the Lebanese arena.”
The newspaper reported that the cost of the war on Iran and Lebanon is estimated at more than one billion shekels per day ($322 million), and that the cost in the first 19 days amounted to about 20 billion shekels ($6.4 billion).
She added: “These are direct defense costs only, without civilian expenditures or loss in GDP.”
The newspaper indicated that the amount allocated to fight the war is 39 billion shekels ($12.5 billion).
She added: “If the budget reflects the estimate of the duration of the war, it can be concluded that it will last about 39 days, which means that there are three weeks remaining until the end of the war, or the end of the budget, and the war may end before or after, in line with a number of statements in recent days.”
In the past two days, Hebrew media quoted Israeli officials as estimating that the war would continue “several additional weeks.”
