The Israeli economic website The Marker said that the Israeli government will not be able to adhere to the budget deficit it has set for itself at 6.6% of GDP. The deficit is likely to reach 8% even if the security situation does not deteriorate further.
The Ministry of Finance attributes the failure to adhere. to deficit rates not to the decline in taxes, but to the increase in expenditures, especially defense ones. The number of reserve soldiers serving in the army is still double what was planned.