What’s behind reports that the Israeli army is low on troops, equipment?

In recent days, Israeli media reports have claimed the military is running low on certain equipment and troops.On Tuesday, Israel’s Channel 12 said the army had lost a planned purchase of 12 Apache attack helicopters from United States manufacturer Boeing.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Serbia opens factory to assemble Israeli-made droneslist 2 of 4‘Outrageous lies’: How Israeli voters are shrugging off Western sanctionslist 3 of 4Two injured by Israeli shelling as troops advance in southern Lebanonlist 4 of 4UK court clears woman of voicing support for Hamas in university speechend of listThe newspaper Maariv then reported on Friday that, on top of “severe” shortages, the Israeli military is preparing to suspend soldiers’ leave.But is one of the world’s most heavily financed armed forces, which has received billions of US dollars from the US in recent years, really struggling with shortages?Israeli newspaper Maariv reported: “The Israeli army does not have enough tanks and armoured personnel carriers,” adding that three years of war had worn down vehicles while hundreds have been damaged.“For political reasons, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich can cut funding to the...