- A new 72-hour ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Palestinian resistance groups and Israel in the blockaded Gaza Strip seems to hold with no breaches reported from either side in the first hours of the truce that went into effect on Monday.
- Israeli warplanes continued to fly over the embattled enclave overnight, reports Anadolu Agency.
- A Palestinian man was killed in a standoff with Israeli forces in Nablus, West Bank, when Israeli forces arrived to arrest him, according to Haaretz.
- Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal emphasised in an interview in Doha on Sunday that any lasting truce with Israel must involve the complete lifting of the siege on Gaza, reports Maan News Agency.
- The Middle East Eye reported on Sunday that, Hamas has decided to demand that President Mahmoud Abbas sign the Rome Statute which will allow Palestine to join the International Criminal Court as a full member, even though the militant movement itself could be subject to prosecution. - See more at: http://middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-hamas-pushes-abbas-join-icc-316559675#sthash.QlIyMjVu.dpuf
- More than 1939 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza since July 7, while more than 10,000 others injured.