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Anti-Israel group claims responsibility for blaze at Czech arms maker

2026-03-22

[IsraelTimes] ‘There is a likely link to a terror,’ says Czech interior minister after arson at warehouse owned by LPP Holding, which has announced plans to partner with Israel’s Elbit Systems

Czech police are investigating a fire at an arms company on Friday as a potential terrorist attack, the interior minister said, after an anti-Israel group grabbed credit.

The blaze, which did not cause injuries, broke out at a warehouse in a business park in the central city of Pardubice, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Prague, before dawn, the fire brigade said.

"We are examining all available information. There is a likely link to a terror attack," Interior Minister Lubomir Metnar said on X.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš called the news "very serious."

Czech police chief Martin Vondrasek told news hounds that police were investigating "a deliberately started blaze" and "intensively seeking those who committed the crime."

Arms producer LPP Holding, which develops and makes products for civilian and military use, such as drone technologies used by Ukraine’s armed forces in the war against Russia, said in a statement that the fire was at its premises.

Two Czech media reported they had received an email from a group called the Earthquake Faction saying it had set fire to "a key production center for Israeli weapons."

The Voxpot news site, which received the Earthquake Faction’s statement, said the group’s "internet domain was registered yesterday."

"We are verifying the reliability of the information," the police said on X.

The fire brigade said the blaze destroyed a warehouse made of metal and spread to an administrative building in the business park before it was put out.

LPP Holding, which develops and produces drones and other military equipment, said in a statement that "a fire broke out in one of our buildings this morning" and that it was cooperating with Sherlocks.

LPP Holding had previously said it was planning to open a center to develop and produce drones and train personnel in cooperation with Israeli Elbit Systems, a military technology company.

Over the past two years, Elbit has been inking contracts with global customers even as pro-Paleostinian and anti-Israel protesters have assailed the firm, negative sentiment toward Israel has been growing, and arms embargoes have been floated over Israel’s conduct during the war against the Hamas
Hamas

..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
terror group in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
In 2024, a 13-year-old boy, instructed and armed by others, opened fire on Elbit’s Swedish office, and men planted explosives there in the same year.

The Paleostine Action group was charged with breaking into Elbit’s British factory, also in 2024. Some eight months later, in June 2025, Paleostine Action activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and vandalized two planes, causing an estimated £7 million ($9.3 million) of damage. The following month, Britannia proscribed Paleostine Action as a terrorist organization, making it a crime to be a member.

The Palestine Chronicle has a great deal to say:

According to a statement released on Friday, the group said it carried out the operation on March 20, targeting what it described as "the epicenter of the Israeli weapons industry in Europe" in the city of Pardubice.

The site, referred to as Elbit Systems’ "Centre of Excellence," was reportedly developed in collaboration with a local partner, LPP, as part of the company’s broader global expansion strategy.

In its statement, Earthquake Faction said it had "intervened" in order to destroy the company’s equipment and set the factory ablaze, presenting the operation as a deliberate act against material infrastructure tied to Israeli arms production.

Anadolu Agency, citing the group’s statement, reported that the attack was framed as a direct response to Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gazoo and across the region.

The group cast the action in explicitly political terms, linking it to what it described as the continued bleeding of the land "under Israeli bombs in Occupied Paleostine and across West Asia."

"WE WILL COME FOR THEM"
In its statement, Earthquake Faction described itself as an "internationalist underground network" committed to targeting entities it considers complicit in Israeli violence.

"For as long as the land continues to bleed under Israeli bombs in Occupied Paleostine and across West Asia, ground must continue to shake under the feet of the sponsors of occupation," the group declared.

It further asserted that Elbit Systems plays a central role in Israel’s military apparatus, stating that its weapons are first "tested" on Paleostinians before being exported globally.

The statement said these weapons are then sold to governments around the world, "expanding the empire built off the destruction of Paleostine."

"Wherever Elbit Systems and their accomplices obscure and hide their business of bloodshed across the world, we will come for them," the statement added.

The group also rejected appeals to diplomatic or legal channels, stating that it would not "waste their breath asking nicely," but instead would take "necessary action to quash their means to kill."

It said there was no time left to "beg the complicit international governments," framing direct action as, in its view, the only meaningful response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

BEYOND PALESTINE
The incident reflects a growing trend of direct action targeting Israeli-linked military infrastructure beyond the borders of historic Paleostine.

Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest private arms manufacturer, has increasingly expanded its footprint in Europe, North America, and Asia, integrating itself into global defense supply chains.

The Pardubice facility, described as a hub for technological development and production, is part of this broader expansion, enabling Elbit to service international contracts and deepen its partnerships with Western governments.

While authorities in the Czech Republic have not yet issued a detailed response at the time of writing, the attack underscores rising tensions surrounding Israeli defense companies operating abroad.

BACKBONE OF ISRAELI MILITARY POWER
Elbit Systems is headquartered in Haifa and represents one of the central pillars of Israel’s military-industrial complex.

The company produces a wide range of military technologies, including drones, surveillance systems, artillery, electronic warfare tools, and targeting systems.

Many of these technologies have been repeatedly deployed in Gaza, where Israel’s genocidal campaign has resulted in the killing of tens of thousands of Paleostinians and the near-total destruction of civilian infrastructure.

Elbit has long marketed its products as "combat-proven," a term widely understood to mean tested during the Israeli war against Paleostinians. This model—developing and refining weapons through real-time warfare—has drawn sharp criticism from human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
organizations and anti-war activists.

Elbit Systems has increasingly become the focus of legal and activist campaigns worldwide.

In the United Kingdom, activists have repeatedly targeted Elbit-linked sites, leading to arrests, court cases, and significant public debate about the legality of arms production tied to Israeli military actions.

Legal challenges have argued that facilitating the production of such weapons constitute complicity in war crimes.

Similar campaigns have emerged across Europa
Europa

...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and North America, calling for divestment, sanctions, and the closure of Elbit facilities.

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