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NPR News: 10-04-2025 5PM EDT

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

0:05.0

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he hopes Hamas will return all remaining hostages by October 13th, the end of an upcoming Jewish holiday.

0:16.1

As part of a proposal put forth by President Trump, Israel would then end the war. But as MPR's Emily Fang

0:22.8

reports, there are still big questions remaining over the durability of any ceasefire.

0:28.6

The return of the hostages is the first step in a U.S. peace plan. Netanyahu said the second

0:33.2

phase of a peace plan would see Hamas disarmed voluntarily or by force if needed, something

0:38.5

Hamas has not explicitly agreed to. And at a weekly anti-war protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday,

0:45.1

regular demonstrators like Gabriela Goldschmidt worried negotiations would fall through again.

0:50.9

Yes, there is hope, but it's a very cautious hope because we don't know what kinds of tricks

0:57.6

Netanyahu has in his pocket. And she fretted that her government would find a reason to end

1:03.6

another ceasefire. Emily Fang and Piernews Tel Aviv. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker says he's rejected a demand from the Trump administration

1:13.1

that he deployed the state's National Guard.

1:16.7

And here's John Hamilton reports on the growing conflict between Trump and the governor

1:21.4

over sending troops to the state.

1:24.3

In a post on the social media site, Prytsker said that the Trump administration's Department of War gave him an ultimatum.

1:30.8

Call up your troops or we will.

1:33.0

He characterized the demand as outrageous and un-American.

1:36.5

The governor posted that the Trump administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard sometime today.

1:43.9

Pritzker said there is no need for military troops to deploy in response to ongoing protests

1:48.7

at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility near Chicago.

1:53.2

He said state, county, and local law enforcement have been working together to ensure public safety.

1:58.6

John Hamilton, NPR News.

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