Leaders of regional councils across northern Israel, which have been targeted by Hezbollah, have said they are cutting off contact with the government in protest to being neglected, Al Jazeera reports.

“We haven’t interested you for 10-and-a-half months and from now on, you don’t interest us. Don’t call, don’t come, don’t send messages. We have managed alone until now, we will manage,” reads a joint statement by Mateh Asher Regional Council head Moshe Davidovich, Metula Mayor David Azoulay, and Upper Galilee Reginal Council Giora Zaltz, according to The Times of Israel.

The regional leaders have repeatedly called for a reliable plan to bring tens of thousands of Israeli citizens who have been displaced from the north amid the escalating conflict.

The leaders are also angry because the Israeli military has not engaged in large-scale “pre-emptive strikes” on Lebanon in defence of northern communities, as it did today after perceiving that Hezbollah may be considering hitting central Israel.