חוק שירות הקבע בצבא הגנה לישראל (גמלאות) (תיקון מס' 37), התשפ"ו-2026Law of Permanent Service in the Israel Defense Forces (Pensions) (Amendment No. 37), 2026 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

Law on Regular Service in the Israel Defense Forces (Pensions) (Amendment No. 37), 2026, anchors a new normative framework for the payment of the "completion of service periods" component in the budgetary pension of IDF retirees. The law establishes an erosion mechanism to adjust future index updates for pensioners entitled to the completion component, under which, starting January 2026, a reduction of up to half a percent per year will be made from the pension update, up to a maximum cumulative reduction of 4.5%. After reaching this rate, half a percent will be added to the pension each year for three years, so that at the end of the process the total reduction will stand at 3% cumulatively, with this arrangement not applying to pensioners who do not receive the completion component. In addition, the law defines three separate arrangements for calculating the completion supplement according to the age and status of service members at the time the law comes into force on 1 January 2026. Pensioners who have already retired will continue to receive the rate set for them at the time of their retirement. Service members who have reached age 40 and have not yet retired will receive a supplement preserving the previous arrangements that applied in the army until now. Service members who have not yet reached age 40 will be subject to a new arrangement granting a supplement of up to 7% of the pension, with significant priority given to combat soldiers who will receive an additional 4%, as well as a supplement of up to 3% for combat soldiers whose service was not continuous or for service members in reserve tracks. The provisions of the law apply solely to career service members in the budgetary pension track, and do not apply to service members in the accumulating pension track.

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