"The moment these interceptors are deployed, the costs skyrocket," Aminoach said.

Aminoach further explained that the direct cost of the war amounts to roughly 130 billion shekels. However, when indirect costs are factored in, which the government will eventually need to address, the total could reach 250 billion shekels.

The United States is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East given escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, the Pentagon said on Monday, declining to specify the precise number or mission of the deployed forces.

"Out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional U.S. military personnel forward to augment our forces that are already in the region," Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder, a Pentagon spokesperson, told reporters.

Damn, I didn't know comedy and the horror of war could be featured in a single movie. I'm left with a kind of mood. Really recommend it.

While watching Fist of Fury for the first time, Mao dissolved in tears, Liu recalled, and said "Bruce Lee is a hero!" Mao watched the film twice more. Liu said he did not know of any other movie that Mao viewed three times.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5493122