Medical teams at an Israeli hospital awaiting the arrival of hostages expected to be released from Gaza are "prepared for anything," Noa Eliakim Raz, head of the Returning Hostages Unit at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, told NBC News.

A deal to release hostages held by Hamas and establish a cease-fire in Gaza was approved Thursday by Israel’s government. A host of details still need to be resolved in a subsequent phase of the agreement,

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Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi also said Wednesday that the messages he had received out of the talks in Sharm el-Sheikh were "very encouraging."