Trump’s personal touch — both as a heavy hand and a gentle guide — played a pivotal role at key moments in the development of a Middle East peace deal that promises to bring an end to Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, current and former officials in the United States and other nations told NBC News.

Washington — President Trump said he "may go" to the Middle East, specifically Egypt, this weekend as his top negotiators seek to broker a peace agreement between Hamas and Israel. The president also said he "may" go to Gaza.

As President Donald Trump was predicting this week that peace could be imminent in Gaza, he pointed to the man he dispatched to seal the deal as a source for his optimism.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first step in Donald Trump’s plan for a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages held by the militant group, marking a major breakthrough in negotiations to end two years of war.

Envoys from Israel and Hamas will hope to narrow those gaps when they start indirect talks in Egypt on October 6th. Their goal is to agree on at least the first phase of the plan, which calls for a ceasefire in Gaza,

‘Life, Liberty & Levin’ host Mark Levin discusses the Israel-Hamas peace deal and President Donald Trump’s role as a peacemaker on ‘Hannity.’

It’s another banner day in the American Republic’s ongoing experiment with gallows humor: the government is shut down, the lights are off — and yet somehow there’s still a camera crew set up in the West Wing to film Donald Trump congratulating himself for peace in the Middle East.

The tentative agreement between Israel and Hamas to stop the shooting and release the hostages opens up a new vision for the Middle East. The path is narrow, but it is the best chance of creating lasting peace since the Oslo accords in 1993 and 1995.