# Witkoff participates in negotiations for the January 2025 Gaza ceasefire and hostage agreement

Date: 2025

On 15 January 2025, Israel and Hamas accepted a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner exchange arrangement after negotiations mediated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt. [Steve Witkoff](/people/steve-witkoff) played a key role in the final negotiating push alongside other U.S. and Qatari officials. The agreement was the product of multi-party diplomacy, so the outcome should not be credited to a single envoy. Witkoff's documented contribution was meaningful participation as the incoming [Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) administration's representative during the final phase of talks. The record therefore preserves shared causation among the governments, intermediaries and parties whose decisions were required for the agreement.

## Sources

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Witkoff
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2025_Gaza_war_ceasefire

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/witkoff-gaza-ceasefire-hostage-talks-2025