Donald Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, has met with Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an effort to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza before Trump takes office. Israel has deployed the head of the Mossad intelligence agency to Qatar for indirect negotiations with Hamas. Mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and the United States are working to halt fighting in Gaza and free the remaining Israeli hostages. The deal would also involve the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Families of the hostages have welcomed the officials' dispatch, calling it a 'historic opportunity.'