US President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of his Gaza peace deal.
In a post on social media, he writes "ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon" and "Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line".
Hamas has confirmed the deal - but it has not yet received the final list of prisoners that Israel plans to release in exchange, a Palestinian source tells the BBC.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu calls the agreement "a great day for Israel" and will convene his government on Thursday to approve it.
A ceasefire will go into effect immediately after approval by the Israeli government around 14:00 Jerusalem time (12:00 BST), a senior Palestinian official says.
Despite hopes this could lead to the end of the two-year war, crucial details still need to be discussed, writes our Middle East correspondent.
The breakthrough in Egypt comes two years and two days after Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the 7 October 2023 attack, in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others as hostages.
At least 67,183 have been killed by Israeli military operations in Gaza since then, including 20,179 children, the Hamas-run health ministry says.
