Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, plans to be a near-constant presence in the region in an attempt to prevent the deal from unraveling.

U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy said on Wednesday he would travel to the region to be part of what he described as an inspection team deployed in and along the Gaza Strip to ensure ceasefire compliance.

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Speaker, Puan Maharani, responded to Steve Witkoff's proposal for Indonesia to relocate 2 million Gaza residents.

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker, Puan Maharani, responded to Steve Witkoff's proposal for Indonesia to relocate 2 million Gaza residents. Jaecoo introduces itself in Indonesia and brought the Super Hybrid System (SHS) to the Jaecoo J7 line.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a commercial ship the militants hijacked in November 2023.

Steve Witkoff, President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, may visit the Gaza Strip in an effort to keep the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on track, a Trump transition official says.

Agreement sets a path to ending 15 months of Israel's war on Gaza that will see Palestinian and Israeli captives exchanged

Tense' Jerusalem sit-down led to breakthrough in talks, with Israel and Hamas agreeing in principle to hostage deal two days later; sides now finalizing implementation details

The U.S.-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal, as presented, would result in a six-week ceasefire along, a limited exchange of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a surge in humanitarian aid to the war-torn Palestinian territory in the first phase.

Joe Biden said negotiators were working urgently to close the deal which Hamas confirmed was “progressing well”.

Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, said on Wednesday that he welcomed the potential for “a dialogue” with Hamas and heaped praise on Qatar for helping facilitate the cease-fire deal between Israel and Gaza, despite facing scrutiny for previous ties to the Gulf nation.