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

Months of tedious talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza – negotiations that required officials from an outgoing and incoming presidential administration to put aside their fundamental differences – culminated in an intense late-night push for an agreement that finally came to fruition on Wednesday.

That was U.S. President Joe Biden’s response when asked whether it was him or President-elect Donald Trump who should take a bow for the cease-fire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Hamas.

Who is Steve Witkoff, Trump’s envoy in the Gaza ceasefire talks? | AJ #shorts Steve Witkoff was little known to the public before he turned out to be a key player in reaching a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.