The International Criminal Court has said it will not launch a war crimes investigation into the Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound ship in 2010, in which nine Turkish activists were killed.
The Turkish law firm that submitted the case said it would apply for a review of the decision.
ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said that although there was a "reasonable basis" to believe that Israel committed war crimes when it attempted to halt the Mavi Marmara, the court's remit was to focus on bigger-scale incidents.
Israel's Deputy Attorney General Roy Schondorf said: "Given the legally unfounded and politically motivated nature of the complaint, we thought it would have been more appropriate to dismiss the case right away, but better late than never.
