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- Opposition leader Yair Lapid urged Benjamin Netanyahu to convene a Knesset committee and approve NIS 11 billion for IDF procurement.
- Lapid said he would support the transfer only if coalition funds for haredi draft evasion were cancelled.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz said the funds exist, need Knesset legislation, and are not tied to tax increases.
- The 2026 budget caps at NIS 699 billion, with defense spending NIS 142 billion, up NIS 32 billion because of war.
