



A protest group is targeting factories across the UK to call for "an immediate, permanent ceasefire" in the Isreal and Gaza conflict.
Workers for a Free Palestine is targeting sites in Bournemouth, Lancashire, Brighton and Glasgow.
A spokesperson from the group said: "Over 1000 trade unionists at multiple sites across Britain are blockading arms factories that are supplying arms to Israel!
"Today trade unionists have shut down 4 sites in Britain which produce components for the F-35 fighter jet currently being used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza."
Protesters are targeting the site in Wimborn, in Dorset
Workers for a Free Palestine
One of the sites targeted was in Wimborne, where banners were unveiled with the group chanting "Shame".
A spokesperson from the group said: "All three entrances to Eaton Mission Systems have been SHUT DOWN!
"The company an open export licence to export goods for the F-35 aircraft.
"The factory currently being blockaded makes the F-35's in-flight refuelling probe at its facility in Wimborne."
The group is targeting sites across the UK
Workers for a Free Palestine
The group also claimed that counterparts in mainland Europe in France, the Netherlands and Denmark are performing similar action.
They said they wanted: "An end to the British government's complicity in Israel's war crimes, including through arms sales, an immediate, permanent ceasefire [and] an end to the occupation of Palestine."