From New York, this is Democracy Now.

Last night, a whole residential compound in Al-Tufa neighborhood was subjected to a barbaric Israeli

strike amid news of a possible deal and the agreement of Palestinian factions to the plan by the United

States President Donald Trump to stop the war and free the Israeli hostages.

Israeli strikes on Gaza continue to kill Palestinian children and people seeking food,

even after Hamas and Israel agreed to parts of President Trump's 20-point plan for a Gaza ceasefire.

Now in the second phase, Hamas will be disarmed and the Gaza Strip will be militarized.

This will happen either through diplomatic means, according to the Trump plan, or militarily by us.

I said this in Washington as well. We'll get an update from the Gaza

Relief Committee and speak with former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy about talk set to begin

in Egypt. As the peace plan calls for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, we'll also speak with

Alex Deval about his recent peace, The Return of the Starvation

Weapon, the collapse of global norms fueling the catastrophes in Gaza and Sudan.

Then, global outrage is mounting as Israel continues to jail hundreds of international activists

days after its military captured dozens of boats on the global

Sumud flotilla. Many activists described mistreatment in Israeli custody.

They subjected some people to torture. One of my friends just passed out, fainted on the plate

because of the exhaustion that they subjected her to. This is how Israel behaves

towards Europeans. You could only imagine how it treats Palestinians every single day. All that and

more coming up. Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Narmine Sheikh.

Negotiations are set to begin in Egypt today after Hamas and Israel agreed to parts of President Trump's 20-point plan for a Gaza ceasefire.

On Friday, Trump wrote on truth social, quote, Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the hostages out

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