Pro-Palestinian activists break into UK military base

Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemns ‘vandalism’ aft activists spray reddish overgarment into engines of 2 Voyager planes.

Pro-Palestinian activists person breached into a Royal Air Force basal successful cardinal England and claimed to person damaged 2 subject craft to protestation against the UK government’s enactment for Israel’s warfare connected Gaza.

The run radical Palestine Action said 2 members entered the RAF Brize Norton subject basal successful Oxfordshire, spraying overgarment into the engines of the Voyager craft and attacking them with crowbars.

“Despite publically condemning the Israeli government, Britain continues to nonstop subject cargo, alert spy planes implicit Gaza and refuel U.S./Israeli combatant jets,” the radical said successful a connection connected Friday, posting a video of the incidental connected X.

“Britain isn’t conscionable complicit, it’s an progressive subordinate successful the Gaza genocide and warfare crimes crossed the Middle East.”

The video showed footage of 2 radical whizzing connected electrical scooters done the Brize Norton base. One of them past utilized repurposed occurrence extinguishers to spray reddish overgarment into the turbine engines.

BREAKING: Palestine Action interruption into RAF Brize Norton and harm 2 subject aircrafts.

Flights depart regular from the basal to RAF Akrotiri successful Cyprus.

From Cyprus, British planes cod intelligence, refuel combatant jets and transport weapons to perpetrate genocide successful Gaza. pic.twitter.com/zzmFqGKW8N

— Palestine Action (@Pal_action) June 20, 2025

The radical said the reddish overgarment “symbolising Palestinian bloodshed was besides sprayed crossed the runway and a Palestine emblem was near connected the scene”.

It said the activists were capable to exit the subject installation undetected and debar arrest.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the “vandalism” arsenic “disgraceful” successful a station connected X.

The Ministry of Defence and the constabulary were investigating the incident.

“Our Armed Forces correspond the precise champion of Britain. They enactment their lives connected the enactment for us, and their show of duty, dedication and selfless idiosyncratic sacrifice are an inspiration to america all,” a ministry connection said.

“It is our work to enactment those who support us.”

Earlier this month, pro-Palestine campaigners gathered extracurricular the British Parliament successful London to request a afloat arms embargo and hard-hitting sanctions connected the Israeli government.

The UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) recovered the UK accrued its licences to Israel for subject instrumentality aft the authorities announced a impermanent arms suspension successful September 2024.

The authorities besides refused to suspend the shipment of components of F-35 fighters, arguing it would origin a “profound interaction connected planetary bid and security”.

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