INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
United States President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump both claimed credit on Wednesday for a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal
that was months in the making but was helped across the line by a Trump envoy.In announcing the ceasefire, Biden noted the final deal
largely mirrored the framework of a proposal he made back in May
negotiated by my team and will be largely implemented by the incoming administration
Oval Office.Trump, in a social media post, was quick to claim a measure of credit for the breakthrough that came after months of stalled
agreement could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November, as it signaled to the entire World that my
Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to join the negotiations in Doha, and Witkoff was there for the last 96 hours of talks leading up to the
deal.A senior Biden administration official, in a briefing with reporters, credited Witkoff with helping deliver the deal, working alongside
5.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Biden had wanted the Trump team involved because Trump will be tasked
outside the broad outlines of the deal that were already known, but suggested it could set the stage for an independent Palestinian state
bloodshed in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict was triggered on Oct
assault on Gaza has killed over 46,000 Palestinians, according to the local health ministry, while also leading to accusations of genocide
and war crimes that Israel denies
