Special grant for those aged 67+

​Workers aged 67 and older who were laid off or put on unpaid leave from 7.10.23 onwards due to the "Iron Swords" war, may be entitled to a special grant.

Who is entitled to a grant?

To receive a grant you must meet all the following conditions:

1. You are an Israeli resident aged 67 or older.
2. You have worked as salaried employee for at least 3 consecutive months before being sent on unpaid leave or laid off.
3. You have been laid off or put on unpaid leave from 7.10.23 onwards, and are jobless in the month of October and/or November and/or December for 14 consecutive days at least.

Period of entitlement

You can get a grant for the period from 7.10.23 to 30.12.23.

Important information! If you have been evacuated from your home - check your eligibility for a special grant to evacuees (replacing unemployment) as of 2024.

Submitting a claim for the grant

The grant claim can be submitted by one of the following ways:

• Submit online on the Personal Service website.
• Download a grant claim form, complete by hand, send it by means of the document delivery service on the website (one must select the department of benefits, topic "old-age", category "form", file type "special grant for people aged 67+-Iron Swords").

The grant claim can be submitted within 12 months since the date of eligibility.

Grant amount

A simulator is at your disposition to calculate the amount of the grant to which you are entitled.

The grant will be calculated based on 75% of your average income from work in the 3 months out of the last 6 months preceding work stoppage - according to the higher wage, nonetheless without exceeding NIS 134 per day.

For instance: for an insured person aged 68 who was put on unpaid leave on 7.10.23.

• His wage in the months of April and May was - NIS 3,000 gross per month.
• His wage in the months of June and July was - NIS 3,200 gross per month.
• His wage in the months of August and September was - NIS 3,600 gross per month.

In the calculation of the grant will be taken into consideration the 3 months with the highest wage, in other words, July, August and September.

Calculating the average wage in the months of July, August and September:

3 600 + 3 600 + 3 200 = 10 400
10 400 : 3 = 3 466

Calculating 75% of the average wage: 75% x 3 466 = 2 600

Calculating the grant amount per day: 2 600 : 30 = 86

The amount of the grant to be paid for a day of work will be NIS 86.

The amount of the grant to be paid for the month of October (24 days) will be NIS 2,064.

Important information!

• Self-employed workers are not eligible.
• Those who are both self-employed and salaried worker will only receive a grant if they have no income from their work as self-employed.
  An employed and self-employed worker - whose self-employed file is still active - needs to submit a claim by hand + declaration of income as self-employed during the war from an accountant or a representative.
• A self-employed under the insured persons classification order - needs to submit a claim by hand + declaration of income as self-employed during the war + a declaration of income under the order of classification of insured persons from an accountant or a representative.