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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. President Trump says Israel and Hamas have

signed off on the first phase of a peace plan a day after the second anniversary of the war in Gaza.

He says that means Hamas will release all remaining hostages, and Israel will begin to withdraw

troops from Gaza.

In a statement on social media, Trump said this is the first step towards a, quote,

strong, durable, and everlasting peace.

Israel has intercepted another flotilla trying to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza.

The Israeli foreign ministry says 145 people were brought to shore for processing and are expected to be deported.

Last week, nearly 450 activists, including climate advocate Greta Toonberg, were intercepted.

Hundreds of National Guard troops have arrived in Illinois.

President Trump threatened for weeks to send in the guard over the objections of local officials.

He says the move is necessary to combat what he calls out-of-control crime in the city and to protect immigration officers.

He also says Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson should be jailed for opposing his actions.

As Mike Puente of member station WBEZ reports, ICE agents have been clashing with protesters.

There have been vastly conflicting stories in what's been happening with arrests by ICE,

with the Trump administration calling protesters riders and protesters objecting to

arrest. Some of the protests at the ice facilities in another suburban area have flared into violence

with protesters videotaping incidents, which shows ice escalating the violence as they're shooting

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