The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries. 

• Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a U.S.-brokered peace plan that includes a pause in fighting and an exchange of prisoners 
• A man has been arrested in connection to the Palisades fire that destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood 
• The Ending Community Homeless Coalition has released its “State of the System” report and says the results show progress is being made

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