Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S. official in more than a decade.

Witkoff, who is Jewish and who has been friends with Trump since the 1980s when he bought Trump a sandwich after they worked on a real estate transaction, has no Middle East diplomatic experience.

Marco Rubio discusses Iran, Gaza hostages with Netanyahu • France claims hostages in Gaza received medical supplies sent last year

Follow NBC News live updates for the latest coverage of the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas.

The Justice Department has charged leaders of a transnational white supremacist terror group with urging their followers to commit terror attacks against Jews and ...

Trump has said a second Holocaust is all but nigh, but it was the first time he set a deadline for Israel’s destruction. WASHINGTON — Fred Zeidman, a Houston businessman and Republican ...

Hardliners oppose ceasefire in Israel, future governance of Gaza remains unclear