Months of tedious talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza – negotiations that required officials from an outgoing and incoming presidential administration to put aside their fundamental differences – culminated in an intense late-night push for an agreement that finally came to fruition on Wednesday.

With the Gaza deal, Trump probably helped Biden get one last win as President, and Biden may have set in motion the first victory of Trump’s second term, writes Phillip Elliott

Should everything proceed according to plan, subsequent negotiations would assure the release of the remaining Israeli hostages and the reconstruction of Gaza in the deal’s second and third stages. Given the precarious nature of the deal’s phased structure,