Opposition leader Yair Lapid said at the start of his faction meeting that "the renewal of fighting has created a deviation of more than 15 billion shekels in the defense budget." According to him, "What we're facing is the biggest theft in the state's history, and it's being done during wartime, by an irresponsible government that's abusing its power to exploit the citizens who keep it alive." Lapid added that "the government doesn't care. It continues to waste our money on jobs and political bribes like there's no tomorrow."

