Trump Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff said he believes the administration has the opportunity to bring "everyone" in the Middle East on board with the idea of normalization.

President Donald Trump reintroduced himself to the global stage on Thursday morning in his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, by claiming credit for the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.

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.

There’s nothing from the White House yet, but the incoming President of the United States says a peace deal has been reached in the Middle East today. As rumors broke out that Israel and Hamas had come to a ceasefire deal that will see hostages held since October 7,

The deal “was only really accepted in the end because Trump came along,” a former hostage negotiator told NBC News.

Trump, who will take office on Monday, has long vowed to bring peace to the war-torn region. He escalated his pressure for a ceasefire in the weeks before the inauguration, threatening “hell to pay” if the hostages remained in captivity. His team was involved in the negotiations for a deal.

US President Trump attributes the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to his efforts and expresses intentions to visit the Middle East eventually. Trump's Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, plans to travel to Gaza to monitor the implementation of the hostage deal.

He has to keep his coalition government intact while satisfying Mr Trump's desire to expand Israel's diplomatic ties in the Middle East. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it was “alarming” that some of President Trump’s new hires in the Pentagon survived the vetting process. McConnell is urging the Trump administration to “steer

However, Trump upstaged Rubio in real time to assume a threatening stance when he told a news conference he would be talking to Putin “very soon” and it “sounds likely” th