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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

FORM 13F COVER PAGE

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Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12-31-2016
Check here if Amendment    Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.):    is a restatement.
   adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. (Under Special Management)
Address: 125 Menachem Begin Street
Tel Aviv, L3  67021
Form 13F File Number: 028-15914

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.

Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Eli Levi
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: 972-77-7774800
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Eli Levi Tel AvivL3 02-13-2017
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
The securities reported herein are beneficially owned by the Israel senior pension and provident funds under a special manager appointed by law by the Inspector of Insurance of the State of Israel (under the Israeli Ministry of Finance) (the "Funds"). "Amitim Senior Pension Funds" is the "brand name" of the organizational structure that incorporates the Funds. "Amitim Senior Pension Funds" is not a legal entity, while each of the Funds is a separate legal entity. For convenience only, this form is filed by "Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. (Under Special Management)" ("Mivtachim"), which is one the Funds. It should be further noted that the Information Table contained herein includes holdings of two Funds that are otherwise required to file Form 13F ((i) Kerren Makefet Pension and Provident Center - Cooperative Society Ltd. (Under Special Management) and (ii) Kerren Hgimlaot Hmerkazit Histradrut Central Pension Fund Ltd. - Under Special Management), as well as holdings of Mivtachim listed together with the holdings of other Funds which are not individually required to file Form 13F.
Report Type (Check only one.):
X 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)
   13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
   13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 2
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 43
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: 1,244,667
(thousands)
List of Other Included Managers:
Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.
[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]
No. Form 13F File Number Name
1 028-15916 Kerren Makefet Pension & Provident Center - Cooperative Society Ltd. (Under Special Management)
2 028-15917 Keren Hgimlaot Hmerkazit Histadrut Central Pension Fund Ltd. - Under Special Management