President Donald Trump said on Friday he believes it is possible that a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict will be reached within a week. Trump, at an Oval Office event celebrating a Congo-Rwanda accord,

Witkoff assisted aides of former U.S. President Joe Biden in mediating the ceasefire and prisoner release agreement in Gaza shortly before Trump took office in January. However, the ceasefire was violated by Israel in March when the country launched a wave of sudden bomb attacks across the region.