**5. Conclusions**

In light of the findings of this study, we recommend that leaders in the health care system should identify hospital HCWs as first responders (similar to combatants in the traditional military environment). Listening to hospital staff and exposing the price of the battle against the novel coronavirus may provide knowledge about new and understudied topics. This knowledge generated by narrative research, such as the current study, may, in turn, assist in providing suitable support programs for professionals fighting the new war in the health battlefield. Moreover, this new knowledge may be invaluable information and contribute to organizational resilience and coping strategies. To conclude, in this era, health care management should exhibit leadership by listening to HCW's needs and adapting suitable interventions aimed to meet those needs.

**Author Contributions:** S.D.-T. participated in designing the work, data collection, took part in data analysis and interpretation, drafted the article and gave her final approval of the version to be published. T.M.B. helped with conceptualizing the work and with data collection and gave her final approval of the version to be published. E.S. contributed to drafting the article, gave critical revisions of the work and and gave his final approval of the version to be published. U.B. participated in conceptualizing the work, took part in data analysis and interpretation, assisted in drafting the article and gave his final approval of the version to be published. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors would like to thank Sarit Avishai-Eliner, Eitan Lavon and Lion Poles for the productive discussions and their immense efforts in supporting the hospital's staff in the battle during the coronavirus. A special appreciation to Inez Mureinik for her inspiring remarks and careful editing.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
