{"id":89320,"date":"2024-03-13T08:57:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T08:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbn.org.il\/nbnlsp\/?page_id=89320"},"modified":"2026-02-09T09:56:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T09:56:04","slug":"lone-soldier-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nbn.org.il\/nbnlsp\/lone-soldier-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Lone Soldier Rights and Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/i><\/i><\/span>General Information<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Lone Soldiers are those serving in the IDF while their parents live abroad. Serving as a Lone Soldier comes with unique challenges that regular IDF soldiers do not normally face. Accordingly, Lone Soldiers have many rights and benefits to help them throughout their service. Their main resource on base for access and clarification to these rights and benefits is a Mashakit Tash (welfare soldier). Each benefit is listed by name, what it entails, and how a soldier can receive it. The following is the most current and updated list of Lone Soldier benefits as of February 2024, including a summary chart of all the financial benefits.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Created in March 2020, Merkaz Bodedim is the IDF\u2019s Lone Soldier department. It serves as the army\u2019s internal resource for all things Lone Soldiers-related, including their rights and benefits. Merkaz Bodedim is responsible for all Lone Soldiers from before their draft, during their service, and after they are released. Part of their services includes a 24\/7 hotline that provides clarification and assistance in multiple languages.<\/p>\n

Merkaz Bodedim is a resource for anyone with questions about Lone Soldiers, including IDF commanders, Lone Soldier parents, and the Lone Soldiers themselves.<\/p>\n

Hotline from Israel: 1111
Hotline from abroad: +972-3-5691000
WhatsApp: +972-52-9437725
Email: me.bodedim@mail.idf.il<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Monthly Salaries and Stipends<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/td>Non Combat Support<\/th>Combat Support<\/th>Combat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Base Salary<\/td>1327 NIS<\/td>1830 NIS<\/td>2515 NIS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lone Soldier Stipend<\/td>637.11 NIS<\/td>637.11 NIS<\/td>637.11 NIS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Risk Pay<\/td><\/td>247.68 NIS<\/td>495.05 NIS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/b><\/td>1964.11 NIS<\/b><\/td>2715 NIS<\/b><\/td>3647 NIS<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>
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Additional Stipends<\/p><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

Apartment Maintenance for Lone Soldiers<\/td>

372.39 NIS<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Lone Soldier Rental Assistance<\/td>

1,482.49 NIS<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Dirat Alach Residents Food Stipend
\n(Army sponsored Apartments)<\/td>

400 NIS<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Choger\/CIBUS App Food Stipend
\n(Shufersal & Shekem)<\/td>

150 NIS<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>

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Aliyah Related Stipends<\/p><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

Misrad HaKlitah<\/td>

540 NIS
\n(Olim are eligible if less than 5 years have passed between
\ntheir aliyah date and their draft date)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Misrad Habinui<\/td>

402 NIS
\n(First payment received 13 months after aliyah date)<\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Financial Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Food Stipend
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Holiday Gift Cards
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Misrad Haklita Grant
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Misrad Habinui Grant
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Housing Stipend
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Kochavim (Stars) Card
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Housing Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Beit Hachayal
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Kibbutz
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Adopted Family
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Beit Lochem
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Dirat Alach
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Moving Assistance
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50% Electricity Discount
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Arnona Discount
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Army Leave<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Meyuchedet Chul
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Flight Voucher
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Leave During Parents’ Visit
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Meyuchedet Avoda
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Yom Siddurim
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Early Departure
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Meyuchedet for Moving
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