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6. Funeral grant shall not be payable in respect of a person who died outside Israel and was not a resident of Israel on the day of his death.

Article 16. 1. A person covered by this Convention shall be entitled to an invalidity benefit if he has been insured as a resident in Israel for at least twelve consecutive months immediately prior to becoming an invalid.

2. Special services for handicapped, subsistence allowances for handicapped children of an insured person, professional rehabilitation for a handicapped person, vocational training and a subsistence allowance for his spouse are payable to such a person as mentioned above provided he is resident in Israel and for as long as he is actually present in Israel.

3. A person covered by this Convention who resides outside Israel and is entitled to an Israeli invalidity pension shall continue to receive the pension that he was awarded even if there is an increase in the degree of his invalidity, as a result of an aggravation of his invalidity or the addition of a further cause of invalidity arising abroad.

Article 17. 1. The right to benefits due to an accident at work shall be determined according to the legislation applying to the beneficiary at the time of the accident, as provided in articles 5-8.

2. Compensation for a further accident at work shall be established by the competent institution according to the reduction of work capacity which has been caused by the further accident and in accordance with the legislation which the said institution has to apply.

3. If, in accordance with the legislation of one of the Contracting Parties, previous occupational accidents or diseases are taken into account when determining the degree of disablement, the competent insurance institution takes into account for the same purpose previous occupational accidents or diseases due to work in the territory of the other Contracting Party, in the same manner as if the legislation of the first Contracting Party had been applicable.

Article 18. 1. Benefits in connection with an occupational disease are determined according to the legislation of the Contracting Party whose legislation was applicable when the beneficiary worked in the occupation involving the risk of the occupational disease, even if the disease was first established in the territory of the other Contracting Party.

2. Should the beneficiary have worked in such occupation in the territories of both Contracting Parties, the legislation of the Party in whose territory the beneficiary was most recently occupied shall be applied.

3. If an occupational disease has led to the award of a benefit under the legislation of a Contracting Party, compensation for an aggravation of the disease occurring in the territory of the other Contracting Party shall also be paid according to the legislation of the former Party. This shall not apply, however, if the aggravation is attributable to activity in work involving a risk of the disease in the territory of the other Contracting Party.

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