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.

In a rare move hours after the cease-fire took effect, one senior Hamas official said the group wants to engage the new Trump administration.

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that a Gaza ceasefire deal “has been reached” between Israel and Hamas. Watch White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s briefing in the player above.

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

Journalists and aides to President Biden are seething over White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s refusal to let a national security expert discuss the tentative Israel-Hamas cease-fire at her final briefing Wednesday — deeming the occasion her “goodbye party.

As the first three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were released to the Red Cross, Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that the ceasefire deal is a "detailed,

White House principal deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said on Sunday that President-elect Trump’s team provided “significant support” in the recent ceasefire deal between Israel and

White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer praised President Joe Biden for his effort in securing a ceasefire in an interview Sunday on ABC News' "This Week."

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre gave her final press briefing to reporters, and the last of the Joe Biden administration.

Week one of Trump's presidency reveals dual approach: public backing for Israel through executive orders while pressuring Netanyahu behind the scenes on hostage deal and Lebanon.