Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly shouted at his top military leaders last week for disclosing worries about damage to the country’s defenses wrought by reservists suspending volunteer duty to protest his government.

The Friday phone conference, during which the premier was said to have berated Israel Defense Forces Chief Herzi Halevi and Air Force head Tomer Bar, came hours after the army confirmed that Bar had warned protesting reserve pilots of “worsening damage to the army’s readiness.”