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| IDF spent NIS 40m on response to Gaza border riots in 2018 — ministry | |
| 2019-01-29 | |
On March 30, Paleostinians in the Gazoo Strip launched weekly "Great March of Return" protests along the border, which regularly devolved into violent festivities 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 Gazoo whose farmlands were burned in arson attacks by Paleostinians 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. | |
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