locked article from the news agency, but they are correct about hospitals and the medical system being able to handle only so much of a surge

hospitals can only handle so much

however in the first wave we did see empty wards after lockdown measures and the health staff catching up with the virus....

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-severity-of-israel-s-omicron-wave-depends-on-one-metric-1.10491130

lets hope and pray that this new anti viral medication system will effectively save everyones lives.