The Minister of Finance replied to the warning of the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that a delay of billions of shekels harms the IDF's competence and the completion of inventories • Smotrich claimed that the budget requests are submitted according to the law, that there is no harm in the procurement of armaments, and directed the criticism to the Ministry of Defense which, according to him, repeatedly exceeds the approved budget • In the background: a gap of 40 billion shekels and the high alert against Iran