BBC News with Victoria Meakin.

The day after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising, Egypt has taken the first tentative steps towards normality. The military council that’s taken over power from Mr Mubarak has pledged to oversee a transition to civilian rule, and it's promised that Egypt will respect its international agreements, a move welcomed by Israel with which the country has a peace treaty, as Jon Donnison reports from Jerusalem.