FOUR activists scaled Somerset Council’s County Hall today over the public body’s links to Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems.

They unfurled banners reading: “Somerset Council are profiting off genocide. Evict Elbit Now!” and “Somerset Council can evict Elbit but chooses profits. Blood is on your hands!”

They sprayed the building in red paint and attached themselves to each other using lock-on devices to obstruct the entrance.