HUNDREDS gathered outside a factory in protest against its alleged links with supplying weapons to Israel amid the country's recent bombing of Palestine.
Protesters made their feelings known outside the Israeli-owned Elbit Ferranti factory on Greenacres Road in Waterhead on Tuesday.
Banners reading "Elbit out of Oldham", "Stop arming Israel!" and "Stop Israel's massacre in Gaza" were being held up in the crowd of people outside the building.
The event happened during a period of ceasefire, which was called last week between the two nations in the middle east, in an 11-day war between Israel and Palestinian military group Hamas which killed more than 250 people.
Most of people who died were Palestinians.
Devastating scenes in the aftermath of the damage were broadcast around the world in some of the worst violence in Gaza in recent years.
The gathering is the latest out of a number of protests that have happened there in recent years.
Protesters outside the factory (Picture: Oldham Peace and Justice)
Protesters outside the factory (Picture: Oldham Peace and Justice)
Taking to social media on Tuesday, an Oldham Peace and Justice spokesman said: "Our protests are peaceful but determined to make the links with the situation in Palestine and to close Elbit/Ferranti as an arms manufacturer.
"More and more people came out today (Tuesday) in Oldham to say we cannot have a weapons company building and developing their weapons."
The group added that it believes the company should be shut down and "will not stop" until the company has moved out of the town.
The protest happened last than two weeks after a gathering in which people stood together in solidarity people in Palestine during the conflict.
Last month, activists from Palestine Action were removed from the site after breaking into the factory.
Pictures provided by the campaign group showed broken windows and two protesters entering the building as well as campaigners on the roof.
The group also claimed to have vandalised computers inside the facility.
Arrests were made at the scene, Greater Manchester Police reported.
Elbit bought the formerly British-owned Ferranti Technologies site for £15m in 2007.
In response to the latest protest, Elbit chose not to comment.
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