Early on Tuesday 4 August, an autonomous group broke into the offices of DB Schenker in Hillington, Glasgow. Bypassing security in the early hours of the morning, the group covered the building’s foyer and offices with paint and messages saying “Drop Elbit” on the walls.
The group claims it is ‘targeting the supply chain’ of Israeli arms and munitions. DB Schenker is owned entirely by DSV. This is a Danish company that allegedly provides ‘logistics transport services’ to Israeli drone and military technology manufacturer Elbit Systems.
Elbit Systems produces 85% of the Israeli military’s drone fleet, in addition to 80% of the state’s weapons and equipment. Israel has used Elbit weapons throughout the ongoing genocide in Gaza, in the Palestinian West Bank, against Syria and Yemen, and currently against Lebanon and Iran.
Elbit Systems’ drones have also taken part in attacks on international aid flotillas in international waters. Elbit Systems routinely lists its equipment as ‘battle-tested against Palestinians’.
DSV has recently come under intense pressure both within the UK and internationally due to its contract with Elbit Systems. Before the Glasgow action, groups in the UK, US, Denmark, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Ireland had all damaged DSV premises in the past six months alone.
In April 2026, activists targeted a DSV office at Birmingham Airport, breaking windows and covering building in red paint. In May, a group in Bristol sabotaged a fleet of DSV trucks, slashing tyres and damaging vehicle exteriors. And in July, activists targeted a DSV site in Cork for a third time in the span of several months.
A spokesperson for the Glasgow group stated:
As long as DSV and its subsidiaries maintain their contract with Elbit Systems, property damage and disruption will continue. We will interrupt, delay and destroy the supply chain that provides Israel with its weaponry by any means necessary.
While DSV’s website proudly advertises their track record delivering Christmas gifts on time to children, their warehouses stock parts used to slaughter thousands of kids in Palestine, Lebanon and Iran.
DSV supplies hundreds of different industries, and does not depend on Elbit Systems to be able to pay their employees. Sinking to this moral low was their choice. Dropping Elbit could be their wisest logistics decision yet.
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By The Canary
