President-elect Donald Trump’s tough diplomacy lingered large over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s swift action on Thursday to get the country’s cease-fire deal back on track after internal tensions delayed the Israeli cabinet’s vote,

Envoy Steve Witkoff, carrying a message from Donald Trump, broke through the impasse in long-futile cease-fire talks.

President-elect Donald Trump praised the new Israel-Hamas cease-fire and hostage exchange deal that his special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to

Tense' Jerusalem sit-down led to breakthrough in talks, with Israel and Hamas agreeing in principle to hostage deal two days later; sides now finalizing implementation details

The once and future President is back to wielding leverage like a club, in the Middle East and on Capitol Hill.

Netanyahu ‘is nothing if not obsessive, and he's still trying to get us to fight Iran this day, this week,’ Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs says in lecture - Anadolu Ajansı

After the meeting, Netanyahu sent the head of Mossad and others to Qatar to "advance" talks to return hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday to thank them for helping to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza,

President Biden sat for his final TV interview as commander in chief Thursday during which he rejected the claim Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a cease-fire deal with Hamas in an effort to help President-elect Donald Trump.

While Trump didn't shed further light on his 'hell to pay' statement, experts say that his ultimatum was not only meant for Hamas but for Benjamin Netanyahu as well.