Pro-Palestinian activists broke in a Royal Air Force Base in Central England, and damaged and sprayed red paint over two planes used for refueling and transport.
Palestine Action said that two members entered Oxfordshire in Oxfordshire on Friday, local time in Oxfordshire, the local time in the engines of the Voyager plane had stabbed and further damaged them with crow.
Air images showed red paint markings on the plane and police officers in the area.
“Despite the public condemnation of the Israeli government, Britain continues to send military charge, send spy aircraft over Gaza and refuel our/Israeli fighter jets,” the group said in a statement, in which he has a video of the incident on X.
The Ministry of Defense of Great -Britain confirmed the incident and said that “this vandalism of Royal Air Force activa strongly condemns”.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the vandalism “shameful” in a post on X.
The group’s action was protest against British military aid to Israel. ((Reuters: Palestine Action/Handout))
The government said that two aircraft were checked for damage and that vandalism had not stopped planned aircraft movements or activities.
“There is a complete security review at Brize Norton,” said Mr. Starmer’s office.
“We assess security on the entire estate.”
The British Minister of Defense John Healey ordered an investigation and an evaluation of broader safety on the country’s military bases.
“The vandalism of RAF aircraft is totally unacceptable,” said Mr. Healey on X.
“I am really disturbed that this happened and I ordered an investigation and an evaluation of broader security on our bases.”
Palestinian action is one of the groups that have regularly focused on defense companies and other companies in Britain, connected to Israel since the start of the conflict in Gaza.
The group said it had also sprayed paint on the runway and had left a Palestinian flag there.
The Gaza war was activated when Hamas attacked Palestinian militants Israel in October 2023, in which 1200 were killed and about 250 hostages took, according to Israeli allies.
The subsequent military attack by Israel on Gaza has killed more than 55,000 Palestinians, according to the health minister of Gaza, almost all inhabitants of the territory and caused a serious hunger crisis.
The attack has led to accusations of genocide and war crimes that Israel denies.
Reuters
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