No prosecution for Israel despite 'reasonable basis to believe war crimes were committed'

Israeli forces may have committed war crimes when they stormed an aid flotilla boat heading to Gaza in 2010, but the possible crimes are not grave enough to merit a prosecution at the International Criminal Court (ICC), the institution’s prosecutor said today.

“Following a thorough legal and factual analysis of the information available, I have concluded that there is a reasonable basis to believe that war crimes under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court were committed on one of the vessels, the Mavi Marmara, when Israeli defence forces intercepted the ’Gaza Freedom Flotilla’ on May 31, 2010,” Fatou Bensouda said in a statement.