The prime minister tells his critics from the advisory coronavirus panel that 'the government' is in charge, as data from Israel's Health Ministry shows that booster shot recipients make up only 8% of serious cases.

Meanwhile, the unvaccinated continued to make up 70 percent of Israel's severe coronavirus cases, data released by the Health Ministry on Saturday showed.

Of the 694 active severe cases, just eight percent had received a booster shot, while 486 had not received a single coronavirus jab.

Only seven percent of the new severe cases were in those who received booster shots.

Members of the panel also criticized the coronavirus cabinet's policy of assessing the severity of the pandemic based virtually entirely on the number of severe cases