🔻Summary of the last 24 hours:

11 Jewish dead:
6 prisoners in Gaza
2 soldiers
3 police officers in Tarqumiya operation..

These are only official numbers, apart from the mercenary deaths or those whose families agreed to take a sum of money in exchange for not publishing.

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Ynet News:

Millions of “Israelis” drowning in overdraft as interest rates hold high

Nearly 2.5 million Israelis, or 39.3% of the adult population, are overdrawn in their bank accounts, according to a Bank of Israel report released at the end of 2023. The report highlights a total overdraft debt of NIS 10.7 billion ($2.9 billion).

Israeli banks permit overdrafts but charge a steep 11.64% interest rate, making it twice as costly as other types of loans and generating NIS 1.1 billion ($300,000) in annual revenue for the banks.

Although public pressure and warnings from the Bank of Israel led to a temporary reduction in overdraft interest rates, these rates returned to previous levels in July. Measures introduced by the central bank to curb public debt are set to expire in September, likely leading to increased financial strain, particularly on low-income households.

"Israel is the only OECD member that allows such debt," said Dr. Neta Yaniv, an economist at Reichman University. "In most developed countries, bank customers can only spend the money they have, with minimal opportunity to incur debt on checking accounts."

Quelle surprise! Their “thriving economy” is predicated upon handouts, just like their “military power”.

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Lev Cinema in Israel announced that it will close its doors starting at 17:00 this evening to participate in protests supporting an immediate prisoner exchange deal.

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Walla Hebrew reports that the commander of Unit 8200 in the Israeli army will announce his retirement in the coming weeks.

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