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April 25, 2026 - Activists from the direct action group “People Against Genocide” rappelled through the roof of Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems in Leicester, UK.

The group entered the site and targeted a clean room, a controlled environment that's used in the production of highly-sensitive components for IDF military drones, that can't be exposed to dust or other contaminants during production.

This action directly disrupts the supply of drones that Israel uses to commit genocide in Palestine, and so impacts the IDF's ability to commit its war crimes in Lebanon, Iran, Syria, and elsewhere. [video]

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We are an internationalist underground network that targets key sites critical to the Zionist entity. We aim to destroy all limbs of empire

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Elbit Systems' Critical Czech Site Burned Down by Underground Group | 20. 3. 2026 | Britské listy

March 20th, 2026 (Pardubice, Czech Republic) – Early this morning, a key Israeli weapons manufacturing hub was set ablaze to by an under

This action was the first hit from the group called The Earthquake Faction, and saw several buildings set on fire. The site is a joint operation with the Czech company LPP Holding and Elbit Systems for their critical operations in Central Europe. Elbit Systems describe themselves as the backbone of the Israeli Army, providing the vast majority of the land and air weapons used in Israel's attacks on Iran and genocide in Palestine.

The Earthquake Faction released a statement claiming responsibility, describing themselves as "an internationalist underground network that targets key sites critical to the Zionist entity. [They] aim to destroy all limbs of empire from within, by any means effective."

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Palestine Action permanently shut Elbit down in Tamworth

Images of actions at Elite KL are available here Relentless direct action has secured another victory in the fight against Israel’s arms tra

Relentless direct action has secured another victory in the fight against Israel’s arms trade, as Elbit Systems are forced to sell their ‘Elite KL’ factory in Tamworth.

The company had previously manufactured cooling and power management systems for military vehicles, but was sold on after stating that it faced falling profits and increased security costs resulting from Palestine Action’s efforts. 

After the sale was completed last month, Elite KL’s new owners, listed as Griffin Newco Ltd, confirmed in an email to Palestine Action that they will have nothing to do with the previous owners, Elbit, and have discontinued any arms manufacturing:

“Following the recent acquisition of Elite KL Limited by a UK investment syndicate, the newly appointed board has unanimously agreed to withdraw from all future defence contracts and terminate its association with its former parent company”.

This victory is a direct result of sustained direct action which has sought, throughout Palestine Action’s existence, to make it impossible for Elbit to afford to operate in Britain. Before they sold the enterprise to a private equity syndicate, Elbit had reported that Elite KL operating profits had been slashed by over three-quarters, with Palestine Action responsible: Elbit directly cited the increased expenditure on security they’d been forced to make, and higher supply chain costs they faced.

And these actions did, indeed, cost them. The first action at the site, in November 2020, saw Elite KL’s premises smashed into, the building covered in blood-red paint. Between March and July 2021, the site was put out of action three times by roof-top occupations – drenched red in March 2021, with the factory’s camera systems dismantled, before again being occupied in in May. Another roof-top occupation in July, despite increased security, saw the site forced closed – once again painted blood-red, and with its windows and fixings smashed through.

In February 2022, activists decommissioned the site for weeks – closed off after an occupation that saw over £250,000 of damages caused, the roof tiles removed one-by-one. After this, Elbit erected a security perimeter around the site – but to no avail. One month later, six were arrested after Palestine Action returned to Tamworth – again taking the roof and smashing through, preventing the production of parts for Israel’s military machine.

Elite KL is a ‘specialist thermal management business’. Since the sale, the company focuses on cooling systems for buses and trains, but it had, under Elbit, manufactured these systems for military vehicles. Until December of last year, Elite KL’s website was advertising its military and defence products, and it was known to provide parts for Israel’s deadly Merkava tanks, with export license records demonstrating its provision of ‘ML6a’ components for military ground vehicles to Israel. The company was also known to manufacture crew cooling systems, for the military vests of tank operators.

Elbit Systems itself provides 85% of the drones and land-based military equipment for the Israeli military, along with a wide range of the munitions and armaments currently being used against Gaza’s beseiged population. Its CEO, Bazhalel Machlis, has claimed that the Israeli military has offered the company its thanks for their “crucial” services during the ongoing genocide in Gaza

A Palestine Action spokesperson has stated:

“Each activist who occupied and dismantled Tamworth’s Israeli weapons factory did so in order to bring an end to Israel’s weapons trade, and to end the profiteering from Palestinian repression. Every defeat Elbit faces is a victory for the Palestinian people.

Kicking Elbit out of Tamworth shows once again that direct action is a necessary tactic. It is one which must be utilised and amplified in the face of the Gaza genocide.”

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For those of you who haven't heard about the Filton 25, they still need our support. Trials are ongoing for their part in destroying weapons which would otherwise have killed thousands. Some of these Palestine Action activists have already served over a year in jail and at the most recent completed trial they were denied the right to explain their motives or acknowledge the ongoing genocide. Terrorist charges were added after the jury deliberated, something they were not informed would happen and that has never happened before with such charges.

In August 2024, a group of six Palestine Action activists broke into the newly built, secret site of Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest weapons producer. The site in Filton, Bristol, had been marketed as a ‘research and development ‘ site, yet the activists managed to bypass the high security and uncover the masses of weapons that were being developed and stored in this undercover warehouse. During their action, they dismantled and destroyed a shipment of killer quadcopter drones that Israel uses in Gaza.

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Activists protest against the bombing of Gaza blockade the entrance to the Instro Precision factory in Sandwich, Kent, a subsidiary of Israeli owned Elbit Systems, 26 October 2023 [📷 Guy Smallman]