The Israeli military has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship, detaining 21 international activists and journalists and seizing all cargo, including baby formula, food, and medicine, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition.

Earlier, aid agencies criticised Israel's airdrop plan arguing it would deliver very little and and endanger civilian lives.

Dostri admitted that the decision regarding the localized ceasefires was Netanyahu’s, and said that the prime minister may decide to give a video statement later on Sunday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu preferred that the IDF announce the new localized “humanitarian” ceasefires in the Gaza Strip rather than announce it himself since it is “not something widely accepted by large segments of the public,

Dozens of trucks carrying humanitarian aid in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula started to move towards the Kerem Shalom crossing for inspections on Sunday before being allowed into Gaza Strip, according to Egypt’s state-run Al-Qahera News TV.