Activists from Palestine Action Scotland targeted the offices of Parker Hannifin at Seaford Road South on Sunday night, where they damaged several windows and sprayed the building with red paint.
Protesters said the factory produces military parts which it supplies to weapons manufacturer Leonardo UK, which makes military products such as the F-35 fighter jet used by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The manufacturer’s site in Edinburgh has been targeted multiple times by activists, but it is the first time Parker Hannifin has been targeted in Scotland.
Activists said that Parker Hannifin is involved in the design, development, testing and production of the F-35 jet, supplying fuel systems and other components.
They added that the company also provides systems for military helicopters and drones.
Protesters said they sprayed the building with red paint because it was “symbolic of the Palestinian blood on the hands of the company”.
A spokesperson for Palestine Action Scotland said: “We are sickened that the continuing genocide is made possible by companies based in Scotland that are happy to profit by designing, making and selling products that result in the mass murder of Palestinian people in Gaza.
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“Every company that chooses to be part of the supply chain to Israel’s military, including Parker Hannifin, shares responsibility for and profits from the shredding of children’s bodies in Gaza, and we will not rest until they cut all their connections to that chain of brutality.
“By carrying out this action, we intervened directly to disrupt the flow of technology that enables the ongoing genocide. Parker Hannifin has blood on its hands and will remain a target until it cuts its ties to complicit companies including Leonardo and stops supplying essential parts and materials without which apartheid Israel’s weapons could not cause the horrors being committed every day against the Palestinian people.
“In taking this action, we have been inspired by and acted in solidarity with our friends and comrades in Gaza and throughout all of Palestine, from river to sea. We look forward to celebrating the liberation of Palestine with you in the near future.”