Biden officials involved in the effort acknowledged that President-elect Donald Trump’s threats and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff’s participation during the final week of negotiations played a major role in bringing across the finish line a deal they had struggled to reach for more than a year.

Three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners were released as phase one of the ceasefire began. Hours before Jan. 19, after the Supreme Court upheld a law that would require TikTok be sold to a U.