PALESTINE activists shut down the Leicester factory of Israeli drone supplier Elbit today, hours after the massacre at Gaza’s al-Ahli Arab Baptist hospital.

Protesters from Palestine Action drove through barriers at the UAV Tactical Systems factory, which had been a site of demonstrations for the past two years against its £5 million annual exports of military drone technology to Israel.

The activists parked a van to prevent the site in Braunstone Town from closing its gates and climbed onto the roof of the vehicle, preventing the factory from operating.