Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.

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

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has ended his predecessor's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant to reduce civilian casualties during the U.S. ally's war with Hamas in Gaza that is now halted by a tenuous ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it as ethnic cleansing and warning of regional chaos.

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.

Egypt and Jordan have rejected the president's proposal to remove Palestinian refugees from Gaza and send them to neighboring countries.

Experts debate if a Gaza ceasefire deal that releases hostages could give Donald Trump a lift like Ronald Reagan's in 1981.

The US president says he wants displaced Palestinians to be moved from Gaza to neighbouring countries, maybe for the long term.

President-elect Donald Trump's incoming national security adviser, Mike Waltz, said on Sunday that if Hamas reneges on the Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal, the United States will support Israel "in doing what it has to do.

Hamas will release more Israeli hostages this week, officials said Monday, including Agam Berger, who was not released along with four of her colleagues on Saturday.

Donald Trump said the Iron Dome order was among four executive actions he will sign, along with one that would "get transgender ideology the hell out of our military."