Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich echoed Eyal Zamir's sentiment in a Monday statement, writing that, "For every explosive drone, ten buildings in Beirut should fall."

The comments came during public hearings in the wide-ranging inquiry known as a ​Royal Commission that focuses on the events leading up to last December's Bondi attack.

Leizer, 19, from Eilat, served in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion in the 401st Brigade, the military said.

Israel is closely watching the possibility of an interim arrangement, particularly amid reports that Iran could reopen the Strait of Hormuz as part of a broader understanding with Washington. 

As attacks spread across Gulf energy infrastructure, Iran may discover its own oil economy cannot survive prolonged attrition.

Promising early results have been put on the back burner despite renewed global concern following a deadly cruise ship outbreak.

What should have been a relatively simple process, has ended up being a non-ending nightmare of bureaucracy, almost meant to turn away new citizens by completely wearing them down.