U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, during which he unveiled his 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza. Hamas said on Monday that it received the proposal.

The Israeli interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in international waters.

Israel said its navy intercepted all but one of the boats in the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international convoy that was attempting to break the siege of Gaza.

South Africa and Turkey have criticised the incident in international waters. Israel says those on board are safe.

Israeli forces stopped several boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organisers said on Thursday, but other vessels continue to sail towards the Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla's tracking system.

Nearly two years into the conflict, social media is increasingly capturing the day-to-day toll in Gaza, as U.S. public opinion on the war shifts.

Everybody that goes over there is horrified by what they see,” said Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon in California, who has been volunteering in the enclave.

Israeli forces have intercepted boats carrying aid bound for Gaza, in the latest attempt by foreign activists to break an Israeli blockade and deliver supplies to the Palestinian territory.

The defence minister warns Palestinians to leave, saying those remaining will be considered "terrorists and supporters of terror".

Victor Montagliani also said Israel’s immediate future was not on the agenda for Thursday’s FIFA Council meeting.

United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee went on social media Thursday to rebut rumors that Charlie Kirk had no longer supported Israel before his assassination last month. Such rumors have been spread by right-wing media figures in the weeks following Kirk’s death.