What's Next For Gaza?, Trump Return From Middle East Trip, ICE Tactics

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🗓️ 14 October 2025

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A fragile ceasefire is holding in Gaza as Hamas fighters return to the streets and freed detainees cross back into the strip. President Trump returns from a Middle East trip celebrating the deal that ended the war, even as questions remain about how long it will last. And Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are ramping up arrest operations in several cities, raising concerns about ICE tactics in American cities.

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0:00.0	The ceasefire is holding and aid has started flowing into Gaza, but Hamas fighters are on the streets and violence is breaking out with rival groups.
0:09.1	The deal calls for Hamas to disarm, but how will that happen while clashes continue?
0:13.5	I'm A. Martinez, that is Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	President Trump is back from his trip to Israel and Egypt, where he celebrated the ceasefire
0:25.2	and claimed the war in Gaza is over.
0:27.2	We have confronted evil together, and we have waged war together, and perhaps, most
0:32.3	beautifully of all, we have made peace together.
0:35.5	Now the focus shifts to the next steps in Trump's deal
0:38.0	and how the U.S. plans to help enforce it.
0:40.3	And in Chicago, immigration arrests are raising concerns
0:43.0	about how federal agents are using force in American cities.
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