Envoy Steve Witkoff, carrying a message from Donald Trump, broke through the impasse in long-futile cease-fire talks.

Steve Witkoff, a New York real estate developer and investor, was reportedly instrumental in delivering the message to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Trump wanted

Steve Witkoff, an investor and real estate mogul, has been highlighted as a key figure in securing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The developer, who is president-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, worked with the main negotiator in the deal.

President Joe Biden touted a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, a goal his administration has been working toward for more than a year now.

Steve Witkoff, President-elect Trump's chief Middle East negotiator who played a key role in the Hamas-Israeli ceasefire, is a billionaire real estate developer and investor.

After fifteen months of conflict between Israel and Hamas, a cease-fire agreement has been reached. The deal is set to take effect on Jan. 19, just one day before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

President-elect Donald Trump praised the new Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage exchange deal that his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to

Trump's Middle East envoy epitomises the president-elect's disdain for policy wonks and international relations experts

Israel and Hamas have agreed to stop the war for six weeks, but now the hard part begins for all sides.

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.