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Pro-Palestine activists have broken into an RAF air base and damaged two of the air force's military aircrafts, the group said.

The Palestine Action group (PA) said that flights leave daily from Brize Norton to Cyprus, which is "used for military operations in Gaza and across the Middle East".

Using electric scooters, the activists rode up to the plane and used "repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines of two Airbus Voyagers". They also used crowbars to cause further damage, they said.

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They chose to use red paint to symbolise "Palestinian bloodshed". In addition to spraying it in the plane, they sprayed it on the runway.

PA, which believes the UK is complicit in Israel's killing of Gazan civilians, says the activist stunt has "interrupted Britain's direct participation in the commission of genocide and war crimes across the Middle East".

After jetting off from the Oxfordshire base, the RAF flies to Akotiri in Cyprus, a British Overseas Territory used as a military base.

PA claims that the RAF has glown hundreds of surveillance mission over Gaza, which has supported Israel in its war against Hamas.

They say that the base is also used to transport military cargo from the US and UK to Israel's military.

A Palestine Action spokesperson has stated: "Despite publicly condemning the Israeli government, Britain continues to send military cargo, fly spy planes over Gaza and refuel US/Israeli fighter jets. Britain isn't just complicit, it's an active participant in the Gaza genocide and war crimes across the Middle East.

"By decommissioning two military planes, Palestine Action have directly intervened in the genocide and prevented crimes against the Palestinian people."

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