Monthly Child Benefits from Bituach Leumi
(National Insurance)

Claim for child allowance

The claim is submitted by the hospital in which the child was born. For this purpose, the mother must bring her and her spouse's ID cards to the hospital, and provide the hospital with the number of her bank account. The child allowance is paid on the 20th of each month and is transferred to the bank account of the child's mother or the joint account of the mother and her spouse. If the mother has a debt to the National Insurance Institute, the Institute is entitled to deduct the debt sum from the allowance sum, until the entire debt is cleared.

Rates of Child Allowance
as of January 2006 (in NIS) for children born up until May 31, 2003

For each additional child born up until May 31, 2003 a sum of 329 NIS will be paid.
For each child born after June 1, 2003, a sum of NIS 148 will be paid.

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