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| Gaza flotilla raid: Israel not charged over Mavi Marmara | |
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| The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says she will not take action over Israel's deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010. | |
| Fatou Bensouda said this was despite a "reasonable basis to believe that war crimes... were committed on one of the vessels, the Mavi Marmara". | |
| But she said the ICC had to prioritise war crimes committed on a large scale. | But she said the ICC had to prioritise war crimes committed on a large scale. |
| Nine Turkish activists were killed on the ship as it attempted to breach a blockade of the Palestinian territory. | Nine Turkish activists were killed on the ship as it attempted to breach a blockade of the Palestinian territory. |
| In total there were six ships in the flotilla that was boarded in international waters, about 130km (80 miles) from the Israeli coast on 31 May 2010. | In total there were six ships in the flotilla that was boarded in international waters, about 130km (80 miles) from the Israeli coast on 31 May 2010. |
| Commandos landed on the largest ship, the Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara, by descending on ropes from helicopters. | Commandos landed on the largest ship, the Turkish-owned Mavi Marmara, by descending on ropes from helicopters. |
| Clashes broke out immediately and the Israeli commandos opened fire. | Clashes broke out immediately and the Israeli commandos opened fire. |
| Ms Bensouda said she did not want to minimise "the impact of the alleged crimes on the victims and their families" but she had to be guided by the Rome Statue, the founding treaty of the ICC. | |
| "I have concluded that the potential case(s) likely arising from an investigation into this incident would not be of 'sufficient gravity' to justify further action by the ICC," she said in a statement. |