The mother of an Israel Defense Forces soldier kidnapped by Hezbollah rebuked on Saturday the government's public spending policy on defense.

Speaking at an event aimed at raising awareness to the return of Israel's abducted troops, Miki Goldwasser, the mother of IDF reserves Master Sergeant Ehud Goldwasser, urged her audience to apply more pressure on the government not to neglect the safety of Sderot residents.

"Woe upon us that we should entrust our fates in the hands of people who do as they please," Goldwasser said. "They build atomic bomb bunkers on the public's expense but they haven't got the money to reinforce Sderot [buildings against Qassams], nor did they have the money to put cameras on the border with Lebanon."