Three Egyptian activists who were preparing to take part in the Egyptian arm of the Global Sumud Flotilla have disappeared, campaigners are reporting. The Egyptian Sumud Flotilla, a civil society initiative involving hundreds of activists including journalists, medics and doctors, was seeking to join the Global Sumud Flotilla which is currently carrying 300 tonnes of aid to Gaza in a bid to break Israel’s total blockade on the territory. Flotilla campaigners reported that the three activists were last seen in downtown Cairo and disappeared in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Ziad Bassioni, one of the flotilla organisers, told the New Arab that their families reported that “they did not come home”. Meanwhile, activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla are bracing for an imminent Israeli interception as their boats near Gaza.