(The Center Square) – Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan, bringing the two-year war closer to an end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday evening.

The president made an initial announcement during an Antifa roundtable event in the State Dining Room after Secretary of State Marco Rubio slipped him a note in front of a room of journalists. Trump said he would be traveling to the Middle East toward the end of the week to help finalize the deal.

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