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IDF official says treasury stalling Gaza fence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleWhile Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon contemplates a budgetary overhaul to the IDF, a senior army official is accusing the treasury of endangering Israelis in the Gaza border area by delaying funding for a new protection program.
An official from the IDF Southern Command says that Finance Ministry stalling has stymied construction of a half-billion-shekel “smart fence” along the Gaza border, Channel 2 reports.
“The funding for the program is stuck at the Finance Ministry,” the official says. “We are waiting for the ministry to unfreeze the funding.”
Aside from the smart fence, the report says, the new program includes a plan for mass evacuation of entire Gaza-area communities during war. The evacuees will be housed in motels, the report says.
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