UK Police Probe Whether Gaza Activists Vandalized Military Jets

British police are investigating what appears to be a major security breach at a key airbase after a pro-Palestine activist group posted a video on X claiming to have damaged two military aircraft.
The video shows at least two people traveling across an airfield at night on motorized scooters, and includes footage of one of them spraying red paint onto a plane. The group, Palestine Action, said it had damaged two aircraft at the Brize Norton Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire.

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