Israel Knesset approves $480 million additional funds for Ministry of War
The Israeli Knesset (parliament) approved on Monday the allocation of 1.5 billion shekels ($480 million) additional funding for the Ministry of War, local media outlets reported.
Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper noted that the Knesset's finance committee has recently approved another 7.4 billion shekels ($2.3 billion) for Ministry of War.
According to the paper, Israeli lawmakers refused to answer questions about the purpose of the additional funds, which will increase the defence budget by 15 per cent.
The paper recently said that budget problems in the previous government had led the army to delay planning for possible military action against Iran.