Mick Mulvaney, former acting White House Chief of Staff during Trump’s first administration, said President-elect Trump should receive credit for Israel-Hamas ceasefire. “Look, obviously, both

Clearly, the entire world recognizes that this was the Trump effect,” said Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), who will serve as Trump’s principal adviser on all national security issues.

The negotiations that led to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement took months and months. At the center of the talks representing the United States was Brett McGurk, the White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa.

Fifteen months of devastating war in Gaza could come to a halt as soon as Sunday, with Israel’s government poised to approve a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas. Though the exact

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a “last-minute crisis” with Hamas is holding up Israeli approval, as attacks on Gaza continue

The first phase of the agreement brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt will halt, for now, a 15-month war that changed the Middle East.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday will hold what is expected to be her last briefing before President Biden’s term ends. The briefing follows the news that a ceasefire

World leaders commended the U.S. and other mediators for facilitating an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal on Wednesday, marking a likely end to the war.

Watch video live from the White House after a U.S. official said Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage release on Jan. 15.

The White House held a press briefing on Monday in the midst of another ceasefire deal emerging between Israel and Hamas as the war in Gaza rages on. Several sticking points remain as officials work to secure an end to more than one year of fighting in the coastal enclave.