The National Insurance Institute pays for the gravestone of a lone person who has died and been buried in Israel if he/she has no family (parent, spouse, son or daughter) here, and no death grant was paid for him/her.
When the deceased had a son or a daughter meeting the definition of a childThe son or daughter of an insured person (including foster child, adopted child and grandchild supported entirely by the insured person, except for a married child) who meets one of the following conditions: *up to age 18; *if completing his studies at a post-elementary educational institution or studying for the high school diploma, or having a learning disability and studying in a framework recognized by the NII– up to age 20; *if in a pre-army IDF framework – up to age 20;* if a volunteer in a framework of public service for up to 12 months and his army service is deferred due to this volunteering – up to age 21; *if serving compulsory service in the IDF – up to age 24; *if serving in the voluntary National Service – up to age 24;*if studying in an "atuda" framework and deferring army service due to studies – up to age 24.
, or another family member (parent or spouse) who is mentally ill and has been placed in an hospital for the mentally ill as defined by law, he or she is not considered 'family' in this context, and therefore there is eligibility for a gravestone, provided that no death grant was paid.
Three months after the funeral, the burial society who conducted the funeral, which has signed an agreement with the NII in this matter will erect a gravestone for the lone deceased.
The gravestone will be erected up to 45 days (or more) after the date of death (as of 01.09.2025), provided that a gravestone has not yet been erected on his grave.
The National Insurance Institute does not refund payments made by a relative of the deceased who erected a gravestone.