The United Nations says it will distribute 10,000 tonnes of aid bound for Gaza that was seized by Israel in a bloody raid on the Freedom Flotilla that tried to break its siege on the Palestinian territory last month.

Israel has agreed to release all of the seized goods - including construction and building materials -- and the UN is to supervise its delivery and distribution in Gaza, although a delivery date has not been set.

Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports.