The Defense Ministry has announced that it will recognize Ilana Naveh, who died during last Wednesday's shooting attack at Tel Aviv's Sarona Market, as a victim of terror.
The decision will allow her family to receive the full rights and compensation granted to terror victims' relatives.
Unlike the other three people murdered in the attack, Naveh died of a heart attack during the shooting spree, and was not directly killed by the terrorists' gunfire.
Nevertheless, the defense ministry has confirmed she will be considered a victim of terror, since there is no doubt that the attack caused her death.
Naveh's death was at the center of some controversy, after police and prosecutors insisted on an autopsy despite her family's opposition, after her body was found at the scene of the terror attack without any gunshot wounds.
Ultimately the Supreme Court rejected the autopsy request, and experts concluded that the 40-year-old mother of four - who was out celebrating her birthday when the terrorists struck - had in all likelihood suffered a fatal heart attack during the terrifying incident.
However, the resulting legal back-and-forth resulted in Naveh's burial being delayed by two days - contrary to Jewish law, which typically requires the deceased to be buried on the same day or as soon as possible.
MK Uri Maklev (UTJ), speaking at the Knesset plenum Monday, slammed the delay in burying Naveh.
"Should the bereaved family be 'grateful' for the most elementary thing - that they should be able to bury their loved one in a Jewish burial with the proper respect?" he asked sarcastically.
"The victim's funeral was delayed by two days because of a request by the police and prosecution to know what exactly killed her, because they didn't find signs of gunshots on her body," he added incredulously. "She wasn't killed in a traffic accident or from an illness - even from a legal perspective it is clear that she was killed by the attack!"
"Why was it necessary to harm the family and the orphans who just about managed to sit a few hours shiva?" he continued referring to the traditional week-long Jewish mourning period, which cannot begin until burial. "Is this what victims of terror need to endure?"