Protestors have staged a second demonstration outside the gates of a Buckinghamshire company that supplied explosive cartridges to the Israeli military.

Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered for the second time outside the Martin-Baker factory in Denham this morning, Friday, March 1.

They previously gathered outside the factory on January 24 following news that the family-run company supplied explosive ejector seat cartridges to the Israeli air force ahead of its ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

According to the media organisation Declassified, The Pentagon handed Martin-Baker a half-a-million-dollar contract to supply Israel with ejector seat cartridges for its F-35 planes back in September 2023, one month before the Hamas attack on Israel that has since escalated to a full-blown war in the Middle East.

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Back in January, around a dozen protestors held banners outside the factory with messages including ‘Martin Baker supports genocide’ and led chants of ‘Palestine we have your back’.

This morning, they sheltered from the rain under umbrellas bearing the flag of Palestine and held signs reading ‘Death merchants out of Denham’ and ‘Your profits are covered in Palestinian blood’.

Sue, who lives next door to the factory, said the protest had begun early this morning before its participants were driven away by heavy rain a little before 9am. 

She added that there had been a police presence outside the Martin-Baker factory during the demonstration. 

Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry said yesterday (February 29) that Israel’s offensive has now killed over 30,000 people – the majority of them women and children – and wounded over 70,000.