PALESTINE ACTION targeted Allianz Insurance's Bristol head office today, demanding that the firm stop investing in and insuring Israel's largest weapons producer Elbit Systems.

The activists blocked each entrance to the premises and secured themselves to a lock-on contraption attached to suitcases.

The building was also doused in red paint to symbolise the bloodshed of the Palestinian people. 

In London, posters were put up showing Allianz Insurance CEO Colm Holmes, reading: "WANTED: For complicity in war crimes and genocide... If seen please report to the International Court of Justice.”

A spokesperson from Palestine Action said: “By insuring Elbit, Allianz enable the production of Israeli weapons on British soil.

“We will not allow Allianz to continue with 'business as usual,' which involves profiting from the most depraved and severe crimes being enacted against the Palestinian people.

“Palestine Action will continue to take direct action against the insurance firm, until they cease all ties with Israel’s biggest weapons producer.”

Allianz Insurance has been contacted for comment.