"Exposed: The UK firms supplying Elbit Systems", 20 November 2025

Over a dozen UK companies supplied Israel’s largest arms firm Elbit Systems during the Gaza genocide, it can be revealed...

Elbit cooperates closely with the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and describes itself as the “backbone” of the Israeli military’s drone fleet...

Drones developed by Elbit have “flown alongside fighter jets, surveilling Palestinians and delivering target intelligence”, according to UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese...

Shipping documents obtained by Declassified and The Ditch now reveal how scores of UK-based companies have been exporting to Elbit sites across Israel since October 2023....

The information exposes how UK-based companies have been trading with Israel’s largest arms firm during what has been described as history’s most televised genocide...

Many of the exports took place after the Labour government’s arms suspensions in September 2024, showing the limitations of a partial arms embargo...

Those companies include Moog in Wolverhampton, Martin-Baker in Uxbridge, Incora in Leeds, Industrial Gas Springs in Surrey, and UAV Tactical Systems in Leicestershire...

While some of the companies say that the shipments are intended for re-export and not for use by the IDF, they nonetheless support Israel’s arms industry...

A spokesperson for Thales told Declassified that the company “strictly complies with UK and international regulations” and its shipments are “intended for re-exporting purposes to a European end user”.