Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst.

Israel's military is mobilizing tens of thousands of soldiers.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered military officials to speed up preparations to take control of Gaza City.

And here's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv.

Israel's military says it's calling up 60,000 new reservist soldiers to report for duty beginning in September.

That will bring the total number of mobilized reservists to 120,000.

It's part of the military's plans to displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza City,

encircle the city, and send soldiers to battle

Hamas inside the city. It's one of the last major areas Israel has not yet taken over in Gaza.

Israel considers it a Hamas stronghold. Israel is considering a ceasefire deal Hamas endorsed on

Monday to release half of the hostages in Gaza.

Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

President Trump says he plans to ride along tonight with the police and National Guard forces.

NPR's Franco Ordonez has more on Trump's latest show of his commitment to wiping out what he calls

rampant crime and homelessness

in Washington, D.C. President Trump said in an interview on a conservative talk radio show,

the Todd Starns show, that he plans to go on patrol with the D.C. police and National Guard

forces in the nation's capital. I'm going to be going out tonight, I think,

with the police and with the military, of course. So we're going to do a job.

The White House did not have any immediate confirmation or comment on Trump's plans.

Trump earlier this month invoked emergency powers to try and take control the Metropolitan

Police Department.

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