Palestinian and French rights organisations have said they are taking legal action to prevent eight Israeli weapons companies from participating in the Paris Air Show next month, according to Al Jazeera.

The rights groups, including the Palestinian organisation Al-Haq, have asked the Bobigny judicial court to compel the organisers of the event to take all possible measures to stop a “manifestly unlawful disturbance”.

“There should be no doubt that these companies are supporting Israel’s ongoing military onslaught in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), given the information available on their official websites and networks,” the groups said in a statement.

“Some even go so far as to promote their weapons as having been ‘tested in combat’ in Gaza,” the statement added.