On May 31st, 2010 Israeli occupation forces raided the Turkish aid vessel MV Mavi Marmara in international waters, preventing it from reaching embargoed Gaza.
In the process, Israeli soldiers riddled eight Turkish and one American citizen on board with 30 bullets, killing them and wounding several dozen others.
The Mavi Marmara was one of three ships comprising the Gaza Freedom Flotilla attempting to break Israel's then three-year-long brutal blockade on Gaza and deliver much-needed aid to the impoverished population there.
