Israel's National Insurance Institute to Issue Early November Benefits

Hundreds of thousands of Israeli families will receive their social security payments two days earlier than usual in November. The National Insurance Institute (Bituah Leumi) has rescheduled the main disbursement of November social benefits from the 28th to Thursday, November 26th. This adjustment is necessary because the standard payment date, November 28th, falls on a Saturday, a day when the interbank clearing system is inactive. By moving the payment to Thursday, Bituah Leumi aims to ensure recipients get their funds before the weekend, preventing delays. For many, these benefits represent their primary or sole source of income. The early disbursement will include billions of shekels for various benefits, such as disability payments, which for a single person with a 75% or higher disability rating amount to approximately 4,711 shekels monthly before dependents' allowances. Other payments scheduled for November 26th include benefits for special services, disabled children, old age, loss of a breadwinner, work-related injuries, alimony processed by Bituah Leumi, mobility assistance, caregiving, and former prisoners of Zion. The base old-age pension is about 1,838 shekels per person, potentially rising to around 2,757 shekels with maximum seniority. Earlier in November, on the 12th, payments for employment and income support, including unemployment benefits (up to 13,769 shekels gross monthly) and income supplements, were disbursed. The deadline for employers and self-employed individuals to report and pay Bituah Leumi and health insurance contributions for October was November 15th. Monthly child allowances, amounting to 173 shekels for the first child and 219 shekels for subsequent children, along with the "Savings for Every Child" program contributions of about 57 shekels per child, were paid on November 20th. Bituah Leumi advises recipients to monitor their bank accounts to confirm the early arrival of funds.