DHAKA: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says she will not take action over Israel’s deadly commando raid on a Gaza-bound ship in 2010.

Fatou Bensouda said this was despite a ‘reasonable basis to believe that war crimes... were committed’.

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.

In total there were six ships in the flotilla that was boarded in international waters, about 130km 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.

Clashes broke out immediately and the Israeli commandos opened fire.

BDST: 1858 HRS, NOV 06, 2014