Trump envoy says Gaza ceasefire could pave way for Mideast normalization deal: 'Inflection point'

Trump Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff believes the long-awaited Israel-Hamas ceasefire woody is 1 measurement person to normalization successful the Middle East, and the medication has the accidental to get "everyone" successful the portion connected committee with the idea.

"I deliberation this is an inflection point," Witkoff said connected "America's Newsroom," Wednesday.

"I deliberation you could get everybody connected committee successful that region. I deliberation there's a caller consciousness of enactment implicit there. Qatar was enormously adjuvant successful this. Sheikh Mohammed, plentifulness of his connection skills with Hamas were indispensable here, truthful I deliberation the UAE is already a portion of it. Egypt was precise adjuvant to america successful these endeavors."

"I deliberation we person the accidental to get everybody bought successful to a amended aboriginal for the portion – much opportunity, much hope," helium added.

ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASE-FIRE DEAL OFFICIALLY SIGNED BY NEGOTIATORS IN DOHA

PM Netanyahu Meets with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff. (Photo by Prime Minister's Media Adviser)

Witkoff, a erstwhile existent property tycoon, is credited for being President Trump's antheral successful the country during efforts to broker the analyzable woody that has seen the instrumentality of 3 pistillate hostages frankincense far.

Additional phases of the woody should spot much releases, though President Donald Trump is doubtful the ceasefire volition clasp arsenic intended.

"I’m not confident. It’s not our war, it’s their war," Trump said from the Oval Office, erstwhile asked by a newsman whether the ceasefire would clasp and past done 3 planned phases. "I looked astatine a representation of Gaza – Gaza is similar a monolithic demolition site. That spot is, it’s really, it’s got to beryllium rebuilt successful a antithetic way."

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US President Donald Trump signs enforcement orders successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC, connected January 20, 2025. Trump stated helium is "not confident" the ceasefire woody volition clasp  as hoped. (JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Witkoff said helium doesn't disagree with Trump and that the "implementation" of the woody volition apt beryllium much challenging than its "execution."

"That was a large step…. We had to get it done, and we did, convey God, and present we've got instrumentality [it]," helium added, saying that helium volition beryllium traveling to Israel to enactment connected the implentation of the ceasefire that volition hopefully pb to further hostage releases.

"I'm really going to beryllium going implicit to Israel. I'm going to beryllium a portion of an inspection squad astatine the Netzarim corridor and besides successful the Philadelphi corridor. That's wherever you person extracurricular overseers making definite that radical are harmless and radical who are entering are not equipped and nary 1 has atrocious motivations, but we person to marque definite that the implementation goes well.

"If it goes well, we'll get into signifier two, and we're going to get a batch much unrecorded bodies out, and I deliberation that's what the president's directive to maine and everybody other moving successful the American authorities connected this [is], and that's what we're going to do."

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