{"id":51929,"date":"2026-03-20T20:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/?p=51929"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:38:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:38:17","slug":"israeli-arms-factory-fire-czech-republic-investigated-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/israeli-arms-factory-fire-czech-republic-investigated-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Arms Factory Fire in Czech Republic Investigated as Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background: #f7fafc; padding: 15px;\">\n<p><strong>Quick Read<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An underground group known as the &#8220;Earthquake Faction&#8221; claimed responsibility for setting fire to an Elbit Systems factory in Pardubice, Czech Republic.<\/li>\n<li>The group stated its actions were a protest against the company&#8217;s role in supplying weapons used in conflicts, particularly in Palestine.<\/li>\n<li>Czech police are investigating the incident as a potential act of terrorism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>PARDUBICE, Czech Republic (Azat TV) \u2013<\/strong> A significant fire broke out early Friday morning at a facility in Pardubice, Czech Republic, linked to the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems. The incident, which destroyed several buildings, is being investigated by Czech police for a potential terrorist connection, with an underground group claiming responsibility.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/t.me\/azat_television\/113472?embed=1&amp;mode=tme\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Earthquake Faction Claims Responsibility for Factory Fire<\/h2>\n<p>The group calling itself the &#8220;Earthquake Faction&#8221; stated on Friday that it was behind the blaze, targeting what it described as the &#8220;epicenter of the Israeli weapons industry in Europe.&#8221; In a statement released via Telegram, the group declared that the Pardubice facility, described as Elbit Systems&#8217; &#8220;Centre of Excellence&#8221; and newly built in collaboration with LPP, was deliberately targeted to destroy equipment and halt the firm&#8217;s operations. The group, which identifies as an &#8220;internationalist underground network that targets key sites critical to the Zionist entity,&#8221; vowed to continue such actions wherever Elbit Systems and its &#8220;accomplices&#8221; conduct their business.<\/p>\n<h2>Elbit Systems Factory Described as Key European Hub<\/h2>\n<p>The &#8220;Earthquake Faction&#8221; asserted that every weapon developed by Elbit Systems is first &#8220;tested&#8221; on Palestinians before being sold to international governments, thus fueling conflicts. The group emphasized that their actions are a direct response to ongoing Israeli military operations in &#8220;Occupied Palestine and across West Asia.&#8221; They stated that there is no longer time to appeal to &#8220;complicit international governments,&#8221; and that direct action is necessary to disrupt the means of violence. The group also reiterated that no one was harmed in the incident.<\/p>\n<h2>Czech Police Launch Investigation into Possible Terrorism<\/h2>\n<p>Czech police confirmed they are investigating the incident. A statement posted on X indicated that authorities are examining what they described as a &#8220;possible terrorist link&#8221; to the fire. The facility in Pardubice is operated jointly by a Czech firm and Elbit Systems. Elbit Systems is a major supplier of land and air weapons utilized by the Israeli military in various conflicts, including those in Gaza and Iran. The scale of the destruction and the group&#8217;s explicit claims have prompted a high-level security response.<\/p>\n<p>The incident highlights growing international tensions surrounding arms manufacturers involved in conflicts, with activist groups employing increasingly direct and disruptive tactics to protest perceived complicity in violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An underground group claimed responsibility for a fire at an Elbit Systems facility in Pardubice, Czech Republic, which authorities are investigating as a potential act of terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow5Nm1DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[17974,7362,38170,3232,1341,3907],"class_list":["post-51929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","tag-arson","tag-czech-republic","tag-elbit-systems","tag-middle-east","tag-palestine","tag-terrorism"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Israeli-Arms-Factory-Fire.jpg","_embedded":{"wp:featuredmedia":[{"id":-1,"source_url":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Israeli-Arms-Factory-Fire.jpg","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/azat.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}