UK Watch: Activists Claim Damage to RAF Military Aircraft in Protest Against Gaza Operations

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Activists Claim Damage to RAF Military Aircraft in Protest Against Gaza Operations

 

Two pro-Palestine activists say they infiltrated RAF Brize Norton and caused damage to military aircraft in protest against British involvement in the war in Gaza. The incident, which reportedly took place on 20 June, was captured on video and released by the protest group Palestine Action.

 

 

The footage shows the activists approaching the aircraft on electric scooters before spraying red paint into the turbine engines using what appear to be modified fire extinguishers. They are then seen using crowbars to cause further physical damage to the planes.

 

Palestine Action stated that the target was chosen due to the airbase’s regular flights to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, a key hub for British military operations in the Middle East. "Flights leave daily from the base to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus," the group said. "From Cyprus, British planes collect intelligence, refuel fighter jets and transport weapons to commit genocide in Gaza.”

 

The group claims that the two individuals involved in the sabotage managed to leave the base without being apprehended. “The two activists escaped undetected,” Palestine Action reported.

 

RAF Brize Norton, the largest station in the Royal Air Force and a vital point for air transport, aerial refuelling, and strategic airlift, has yet to issue a statement in response to the incident.

 

The protest highlights growing tensions over Britain’s perceived military role in the conflict in Gaza. The activists’ use of symbolic tactics—red paint to mimic blood, for instance—echoes previous Palestine Action demonstrations aimed at raising awareness of what the group alleges is UK complicity in Israeli military actions.

 

While the authenticity of the activists' claims and the extent of the damage have not yet been independently verified, the incident marks a serious breach of security at one of the UK’s most important military installations.

 

RAF Brize Norton has been contacted for comment.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Independent  2025-06-21

 

 

[Nick Carter icp]

UK Gov looking to classify Palestine action as a terror organization and out law them  , ban the group and its illegal to be a member 

[Evil Penevil]

If it's true that a couple of activists on scooters were able to infiltrate an RAF base and damage two planes, then the RAF needs to oversee its security routines damn quick. That is an outrageous breach of security.

[Chomper Higgot]

15 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

UK Gov looking to classify Palestine action as a terror organization and out law them  , ban the group and its illegal to be a member 

 

3 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

If it's true that a couple of activists on scooters were able to infiltrate an RAF base and damage two planes, then the RAF needs to oversee its security routines damn quick. That is an outrageous breach of security.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has responded to both of these very serious matters.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/20/palestine-action-to-be-banned-after-vandalising-planes-at-raf-base

 

[Nick Carter icp]

21 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

If it's true that a couple of activists on scooters were able to infiltrate an RAF base and damage two planes, then the RAF needs to oversee its security routines damn quick. That is an outrageous breach of security.

 

   The RAF base just has a four foot wooden fence around it , easy to jump over 

[Evil Penevil]

49 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   The RAF base just has a four foot wooden fence around it , easy to jump over 

 

In-f*cking-credible.  I wish activists would try to infiltrate as U.S. base where "use of deadly force" is authorized.

 

 

[JAG]

Alert the NAAFI, sounds like a task for the Short Range Desert Group!

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[coolcarer]

Typical pro Palestine group. Now to be a terrorist group. Having viewed there website its no wonder. Let them go to Gaza and join Hamas.

 

[Bkk Brian]

4 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

 

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has responded to both of these very serious matters.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/20/palestine-action-to-be-banned-after-vandalising-planes-at-raf-base

 

Owen Jones, Guardian journo is reeling and lying as usual...........

 

By the way Heidi Bachram had family murdered and taken hostage by the Hamas terrorists.

 

https://x.com/HeidiBachram/status/1936170961465659890

 

[James105]

I wonder what made this soon to be proscribed terror group select this particular RAF station as a potentially weak target.

 

[VocalNeal]

It is a bit bloody stupid. Their tax payer money paid for said aircraft and they will also complain if taxes are raised...etc...

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[transam]

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Just look at them...........🙄

[unblocktheplanet]

If nonviolent direct action is terrorism, then I stand with the terrorists.

 

17 trials against 80 Palestine Action Group members. I hope they do more to point out the UK's tolerance--read complicity and profit--for Israel's war machine.

 

So which is the terrorist??? Snipers who kill hungry civilians waiting for food or a few people with sledgehammers?

[transam]

Try them for treason..........Shut them down, now..........

[unblocktheplanet]

I just joined Palestine Action Group.

[GanDoonToonPet]

26 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I just joined Palestine Action Group.

 

I just sent your IP address to MI6.

[Bkk Brian]

2 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I just joined Palestine Action Group.

Congratulation. 55 million in damage they have caused so far. That's without their latest violent stunt of damaging an RAF jet engine beyond repair.

[proton]

2 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I just joined Palestine Action Group.

 

Can you tell us where this Palestine is then, does it support the state of Israel or seek it's destruction?

[Evil Penevil]

 

 

3 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

If nonviolent direct action is terrorism, then I stand with the terrorists.

 

17 trials against 80 Palestine Action Group members. I hope they do more to point out the UK's tolerance--read complicity and profit--for Israel's war machine.

 

Infiltration of a military base and damage to military aircraft by activists who conceal their identities is NOT nonviolent direct action.  It has gone way beyond legitimate protest and crossed the line into deliberate sabotage  . By definition, it is terrorism.

 

3 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

So which is the terrorist??? Snipers who kill hungry civilians waiting for food or a few people with sledgehammers?

 

It's an invalid comparison since "snipers who kill hungry civilians waiting for food" are imaginary and don't exist.  It's the equivalent of asking, "So which is the terrorist???  Orcs who kill hungry hobbits looking for food or a few people with sledgehammers?"

 

Palestine Action members who attack Jewish businesses with sledgehammers or use paint to damage aircraft engines are indeed terrorists by any legitimate comparison.