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Israeli weapons factory set ablaze in Czech Republic

20 March 2026 13:47 GMT

A fire broke out on Friday at a facility in the Czech Republic with ties to Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems. 

A previously unknown underground group called Earthquake Faction, has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement shared with Middle East Eye that the facility develops weapons used to commit genocide in Gaza. 

The group described itself as an “internationalist underground network that targets key sites critical to the Zionist entity… to destroy all limbs of empire from within, by any means effective”.

“Every weapon developed by Elbit Systems is first ‘tested’ on Palestinians before being sold off to international governments,” the statement from the group continued, warning that "wherever Elbit Systems and their accomplices obscure and hide their business of bloodshed across the world, we will come for them."

They said no one was harmed in the attack.

The site is a joint operation with the Czech company LPP Holding and Elbit Systems, the latter of which describes itself as “the backbone of the Israeli Army” and provides the vast majority of weapons for Israel’s attacks in Iran and Palestine.