THE London offices of international arms manufacturer Leonardo were targeted by Palestine supporters today.

The company’s offices in Eagle Place, Piccadilly, were damaged and left covered in red paint  — symbolising the blood shed by Palestinians during Israel’s ongoing genocidal attack on Gaza.

Direct action group Palestine Action said that despite a British government ban on the sending of parts for F35 fighter bombers to Israel from firms in Britain, parts have been sent via the United States and F35s are still being used to attack Gaza.

The action against Leonardo’s offices followed Palestine Action’s Christmas Day operation against UAV Engines.

The UAV factory in Shenstone, Staffordshire, is owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s biggest arms manufacturer. It supplies parts for Israeli military drones and pilotless war planes.

A Palestine Action spokesperson said: “Leonardo are a blood-thirsty weapons company directly involved in the Gaza genocide.

“It is shameful that they are still allowed to operate here while the complicit British government looks the other way or lies to give them cover.

“The level of slaughter taking place in Gaza is unsurpassed in modern times, and with governments around the world doing little or nothing to stop it — or even actively assisting in it — it is up to ordinary people to do their bit to stop the genocide.

“History will judge those who are complicit on the one hand and remember those who stood up against it on the other.”

More than 45,000 Palestinians have been slaughtered in Israel’s continuing war on Gaza.