NNA - President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday made a rare visit by a U.S. official to the Gaza Strip to oversee the implementation of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that he helped broker, according to people familiar with the matter.

Witkoff, who has become the prime mover-and-shaker in Middle Eastern diplomacy in recent weeks, is also set to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as part of a diplomatic effort by the Trump administration to end fighting across the Middle East. On Tuesday, Witkoff met in Saudi Arabia with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. --agencies

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