The Israeli military in 2018 spent NIS 40 million ($10.9 million) in expenses related to the riots and protests along the Gaza border, the Defense Ministry says.
On March 30, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launched weekly “Great March of Return” protests along the border, which regularly devolved into violent clashes with Israeli troops and the launching of airborne incendiary devices into southern Israel.
Revealing spending figures from last year, the ministry says the NIS 40 million was a special fund separate from the military’s annual budget. It does not include payments to residents of the area around Gaza whose farmlands were burned in arson attacks by Palestinians from the enclave.
In addition, the Defense Ministry says it spent NIS 45 billion ($12.23 billion) on Israeli-made weapons and materiel. Of that, NIS 11.6 billion ($3.15 billion) was paid to Israel Aerospace Industries, the ministry says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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