The United States warned its citizens on Thursday against participating in the latest Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland warned that activists who will break the naval blockade on Gaza and transfer supplies to the Hamas government could be prosecuted.
Nuland added that following reports which said that Turkey was planning to send warships to accompany the flotilla, the U.S. administration turned to the Turkish government to ensure that the reports were false.