'People Against Genocide' members abseil through roof of UAV Tactical Systems, owned by the UK subsidiary of Israel's largest defence company

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46389822

April 24, 2026

According to media group The Aftershock, the activists used ladders to climb over razor-wire fencing to enter the premises.

After occupying the roof, they drilled holes into it and subsequently abseiled into the building.

The Aftershock reported that the ceiling of the clean room, where Israeli drone parts are reportedly made, was broken. It said that such contamination of the clean room could knock it out of use for some months.

One of the activists involved said: “We are sick and tired of our government’s collaboration in this genocide that Israel is committing on the Palestinian people."

  • frongt@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I don’t know if it’s just a me thing, but I think of rappelling as being against a surface, while if you do it in the open air it’s abseiling (though you could call it abseiling against a surface too).