A British company has sent over 1,000 munitions containers to Israel amid the Gaza genocide, raising concerns about UK arms export controls. The information is contained within shipping documents reviewed exclusively by Declassified and The Ditch.
The documents show how Permoid Industries, an engineering firm in Durham, has sent 16 shipments of “storage containers” weighing over 100 tonnes to Elbit Systems in Israel since October 2023.
Permoid declined to comment but did not deny that the cases were designed to carry weapons. Its website says the firm produces “a wide range of ammunition containers”, which are suited for “belted ammunition, cartridge, mortar and shell munitions” including 155mm artillery shells.
“Since 2023” is a hell of a timeframe. The bulk of that time is before the war, and there’s no word of any being sent after.
Not that there are any anymore. Weapons sales to Israel were stopped and Israel was condemned, which led to the Israeli government kicking off and calling the UK antisemitic. Love to see it.
