ICC prosecutor again refuses to investigate Gaza flotilla raid

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has again refused to open an investigation into the deadly 2010 raid on a flotilla carrying aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.


Appeals judges in September ordered Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to reconsider her earlier refusals to open a formal investigation into the May 31, 2010 storming of the Mavi Marmara.

Israeli commandos enforcing a naval blockade of the Gaza Strip killed eight Turkish citizens and one Turkish-American during the predawn raid the Mavi Marmara ship, which led a flotilla towards the besieged coastal enclave.