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- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed an order cutting self-service 95-octane gasoline by 50 agorot per liter.
- The price fell from NIS 8.25 to NIS 7.75 per liter at midnight on September 6.
- The state will temporarily forgo part of the gasoline excise tax to absorb the price difference.
- Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara approved the tax-cut order despite caretaker-government limits.
- The order remains in effect until October 31, four days after the October 27 general election.
