{"id":597884,"date":"2026-08-27T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/597884\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:30:09","slug":"israeli-army-faces-budget-shortfall-undermining-military-readiness-chief-of-staff-says-middle-east-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/597884\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli army faces budget shortfall undermining military readiness, chief of staff says \u2013 Middle East Monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli army is facing a budget shortfall that is undermining its military readiness, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said Thursday, Anadolu reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, these days we are also facing a challenge regarding the IDF\u2019s budget,\u201d Zamir said during a multi-front situational assessment, according to an army statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a time when the IDF and its personnel are operating on all fronts, we must deal with a lack of funds. Such a situation harms the IDF\u2019s readiness,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260827-haaretz-israeli-army-opposes-return-of-residents-to-jenin-tulkarm-and-nur-shams-camps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haaretz: Israeli army opposes return of residents to Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The remarks come amid a dispute between Israel\u2019s Defense and Finance ministries over additional military funding.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli media reported this month that the army faces a budget shortfall of around 40 billion shekels ($12.3 billion), largely due to continued operational expenses and reserve-duty costs.<\/p>\n<p>The funding dispute has also affected military procurement programs, including planned acquisitions of fighter jets and munitions.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s 2026 defense budget was initially set at roughly 143 billion shekels, including funding for military operations, according to the Knesset.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastmonitor.com\/20260827-israeli-soldiers-refuse-to-carry-out-urgent-mission-in-gaza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli soldiers refuse to carry out \u2018urgent\u2019 mission in Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Israeli army is facing a budget shortfall that is undermining its military readiness, Chief of Staff Eyal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-597884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}