(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump celebrated the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal connected Wednesday and said it wouldn't person happened if not for his triumph successful the 2024 election.

"This EPIC ceasefire statement could person lone happened arsenic a effect of our Historic Victory successful November, arsenic it signaled to the full World that my Administration would question Peace and negociate deals to guarantee the information of each Americans, and our Allies," Trump wrote connected his societal media level Truth Social. "I americium thrilled American and Israeli hostages volition beryllium returning location to beryllium reunited with their families and loved ones."

Israel-Hamas hostage woody

The deal, which volition spot 33 Israeli hostages freed and intermission the war, comes aft much than 15 months of fighting.

In his post, Trump said his peculiar envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, volition proceed "to enactment intimately with Israel and our Allies to marque definite Gaza NEVER again becomes a violent harmless haven."

Witkoff had joined Biden’s Mideast advisor Brett McGurk for the caller circular of talks successful Doha, the Qatari capital. A elder U.S. authoritative described McGurk and Witkoff’s coordination arsenic a fruitful partnership, according to The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, outgoing President Joe Biden emphasized his relation successful getting the woody done, telling reporters: "This is the nonstop model of the woody I projected backmost successful May."

When asked however overmuch helium credits the Trump team, Biden said: "I told my squad to coordinate intimately with the incoming squad to marque definite we're each speaking with the aforesaid dependable due to the fact that that's what American presidents do."

Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes days earlier Trump's inauguration

The ceasefire comes conscionable days earlier Trump is acceptable to statesman his 2nd term.

Last week, Trump warned each hellhole would interruption escaped if Hamas didn't merchandise the Israeli hostages earlier his inauguration, though it's unclear however overmuch that menace tipped the scale.

One diplomat who was briefed connected the negotiations did recognition advancement successful the talks, successful part, to Trump's influence, saying it was “the archetypal clip determination has been existent unit connected the Israeli broadside to judge a deal," according to the Washington Post.

The New York Times said Trump's predetermination triumph and his team's enactment were, according to aggregate people, a origin successful the deal getting done.

Jonathan Panikoff, manager of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative astatine the Atlantic Council, told the AP the woody shows however almighty overseas argumentation tin beryllium erstwhile it's bipartisan.

"Both the outgoing and incoming medication merit recognition for this woody and it would’ve been acold little apt to hap without some pushing for it," helium said.

Biden cheered the statement successful remarks Wednesday, chalking it up to "dogged and painstaking American diplomacy."

"This is the ceasefire statement I introduced past spring," Biden said. "I've worked successful overseas argumentation for decades, this is 1 of the toughest negotiations I've ever experienced."

The outgoing president praised an "extraordinary team" of American diplomats and said Secretary of State Anthony Blinken led the effort portion acknowledging collaboration with the incoming Trump administration.

"This woody was developed and negotiated nether my medication but its presumption volition beryllium implemented, for the astir part, by the adjacent administration," Biden said. "These past fewer days we've been speaking arsenic 1 team."

Trump vowed to beforehand "PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH" passim the Middle East, penning connected societal media: "This is lone the opening of large things to travel for America, and indeed, the World!"