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.

A senior administration official provided more details about how the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release agreement finally came together.

In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.

As the first three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released to the Red Cross, Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the ceasefire deal is a "detailed,

White House principal deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said on Sunday that President-elect Trump’s team provided “significant support” in the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that a Gaza ceasefire deal “has been reached” between Israel and Hamas. Watch White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s briefing in the player above.

"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.

White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer praised President Joe Biden for his effort in securing a ceasefire in an interview Sunday on ABC News' "This Week."

She kinda marketed it as a celebration of her and her tenure and unfortunately that took precedence over huge breaking news,” one source told The Post.

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.

Israel’s enemies across the region have been badly weakened during 15 months of war. Israeli hostages have begun to come home from captivity in Gaza, and Netanyahu’s good friend, Donald Trump , is back in the White House.