WATCH: Gaza Activists Sabotage Military Jets After Raiding UK’s Largest Air Base
Pro-Palestinian activists infiltrated Britain’s largest Royal Air Force (RAF) airbase on Thursday in a dramatic security breach to vandalize and sabotage planes it claims are used in surveillance and cargo missions to help the Israeli military in Gaza.
Footage released by direct action group Palestine Action shows two individuals inside the Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire at night, one of them riding a scooter across the tarmac to vandalize two Airbus Voyager refuelling tankers. The base serves as the U.K.’s hub for strategic air transport and refuelling, including missions over Gaza via the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus.
Red paint was sprayed into the aircraft’s jet engines using repurposed fire extinguishers, according to the group, who also said they used crowbars to damage the aircraft. The group claimed they had “evaded security,” rendered the planes “out of service,” and caused “further damage” using crowbars.
The Ministry of Defence condemned the act as “vandalism of Royal Air Force assets,” and confirmed an investigation was underway in coordination with police.
“Despite publicly condemning the Israeli government,” a spokesperson for Palestine Action said, “Britain continues to send military cargo, fly spy planes over Gaza and refuel US and Israeli fighter jets.”
The stunt has reignited debate over the UK’s military entanglements in the Israel-Gaza conflict, even as ministers framed it squarely as a national security lapse. British cabinet minister Lisa Nandy called the break-in “deeply concerning” and promised a government crackdown on “people who think they can treat national security with that level of disregard.”
While the footage showed the activists roaming freely within the high-security perimeter, it remains unclear how they gained access.
The incident follows a string of similar direct actions by Palestine Action, which has increasingly targeted military infrastructure and weapons suppliers linked to Israel’s war effort.
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