US President Donald Trump says "the war is over" as he travels to Israel for the release of hostages from Gaza
Hamas is due to hand over all Israelis being held as part of a ceasefire agreement – here's how the process is expected to look like
Crowds are gathering in Tel Aviv as they await news of the hostages' release
The Palestinian group has until 12:00 local time (09:00 GMT) to return the 48 hostages, of whom 20 are believed to be alive
In exchange, Israel will release 250 Palestinian prisoners and more than 1,700 detainees
Trump is expected to arrive in Israel to meet Benjamin Netanyahu and address the country's parliament
He will then head to Egypt to host a summit on peace in the Middle East, which will also be attended by world leaders including British PM Keir Starmer
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Later today, Hamas is expected to release all the 48 hostages it is still holding after two years of war. Here are the names of the 20 hostages presumed to be alive.
Ariel Cunio, 28, was abducted alongside his brother David Cunio, 35, in the attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz on 7 October. Ariel's last message to his family read: "We are in a horror movie."
Evyatar David, 24, was at the Nova festival during Hamas' attacks. He texted his family to say: "They are bombarding the party."
Gali and Ziv Berman, 28-year-old twin brothers, were abducted from Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
Omri Miran, 48, the oldest one of the surviving hostages, was taken away from his home in Nahal Oz.
The other hostages set to be released are: Matan Angrest, 22; Matan Zangauker, 25; Nimrod Cohen, 21; Guy Gilboa-Dalal, 24; Yosef-Chaim Ohana, 25; Elkana Bohbot, 36; Avinatan Or, 32; Eitan Mor, 25; Bar Kupershtein, 23; Segev Kalfon, 27; and Rom Braslabski, 21.
Three hostages have more than one nationality: Eitan Horn, 38, an Israeli-Argentine dual national; Maxim Herkin, 37, an Israel-Russian dual national; and Alon Ohel, 24, with Israeli, German and Serbian citizenships.
Read more about the hostages here.
It's just gone 04:55 in Tel Aviv (01:55 GMT) – and crowds have gathered at Hostages Square to welcome long-awaited news that their loved ones have been released.
In a picture post on X just moments ago, the Hostages and Missing Families forum have captioned an image of dozens of people seated in front of a large screen which will broadcast news of the Israeli hostages due to be freed from Gaza in the coming hours.
"The square awaits the hostages," the posts says.
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We can now show you a photo of the UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer arriving at the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war will be taking place on Monday.
While in the Middle East, Starmer will pledge a £20m humanitarian aid package to help deliver water, sanitation and hygiene services to Gaza during his visit to Egypt today.
The funding is part of a broader £116m aid commitment in support of the Palestinian people this year.
“The UK will support the next stage of talks to ensure the full implementation of the peace plan, so that people on both sides can rebuild their lives in safety and security,” the PM is expected to say.
“Today is the first, crucial phase of ending this war and now we must deliver the second phase, in full.”
Large screens at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv will start broadcasting live in just under an hour from 04:00am local time (01:00 GMT), according to an update from the Hostages and Missing Families group.
For months, the square has hosted regular rallies calling the remaining hostages being held in Gaza to be released.
In a post on X a short while ago, the group says the square will remain open and "accompany the release of the hostages in real time".
"Tonight is a yellow all-nighter," the post reads, in reference to the coloured ribbons that have come to symbolise the plight of the families of the hostages. 
Alice Cuddy
Reporting from Jerusalem
Israeli hostages are due to be released later today, two years after they were taken away by Hamas.
I’ve spoken to an Israeli military official about the preparations under way for the Israeli hostage handover.
The official said the transfer of the hostages will follow the same procedure as the operation earlier this year, which began with:
"In case of urgent medical needs, the evacuation will be carried out directly to the hospital without stopping at the [reception] compound," the official said.
Peter Bowes
North America correspondent
The stakes are high for Donald Trump.
Widely praised for brokering a hugely consequential ceasefire, he left Washington for a lightning visit to the Middle East.
As he boarded Air Force One the president was upbeat, anticipating what he said would be an amazing time.
"Everybody's cheering at one time. That's never happened before. Usually if you have one cheering, the other isn't. The other is the opposite. This is the first time everybody is amazed and they're thrilled. And it's an honour to be involved," he said.
Speaking to reporters during the flight, Trump declared that the war was over. When asked by the BBC whether he believed the ceasefire would hold, he said it would.
He added that the region would soon “normalise,” with a planned supervisory body – the Board of Peace – to be established “very quickly” to oversee Gaza, which he described as looking like a “demolition site.”
A ceasefire deal struck between Israel and Hamas will reach a critical moment today.
Hamas is due to release the 48 hostages remaining in Gaza by noon local time (09:00 GMT). Of those, 20 are believed to be alive, and are expected to swiftly be taken for medical care before being reunited with their loved ones. The bodies of 28 others are due to be returned.
It comes as US President Donald Trump is making a trip to Israel in the wake of the deal brokered by the US, Egypt and Qatar.
Trump will address Israel's parliament before travelling to the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh to host a summit on peace in the Middle East, joined by at least 20 other world leaders.
Trump will be greeted by "masses of Israelis with gratitude and friendship", Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Sunday, with many Israelis crediting the American president for the ceasefire deal.
In exchange for the return of the hostages, Israel will free 250 Palestinian prisoners, including those serving life sentences. That's in addition to releasing more than 1,700 detainees held without charge over the course of the war – including nearly two dozen children.
Elsewhere, trucks carrying aid are crossing the border into Gaza as Palestinians, forcibly displaced to the south by Israel's offensive, continue to return to the territory's north. They are being met with devastation there, finding huge swathes of Gaza City reduced to rubble.
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