> nbc also reports that incoming mideast envoy steve witkoff is considering a visit to gaza, as he works to maintain the nascent ceasefire deal that is slated to commence on sunday. > you got to see it, you got to feel it, the transition official says, adding that doing so would allow witkoff to see the dynamics playing out on the ground himself, rather than taking israels word for it. > witkoff is considering the gaza trip, as he plans to maintain a near-constant presence in the region over the coming weeks and months, given how fragile the deal is expected to be, nbc says, still citing the same lone unnamed transition official. > remember, theres a lot of people, radicals, fanatics, not just from the hamas side, from the right wing of the israeli side, who are absolutely incentivized to blow this whole deal up, the transition official says, offering rare criticism of israel from a trump official, albeit an anonymous one. > if we dont help the gazans, if we dont make their life better, if we dont give them a sense of hope, theres going to be a rebellion, the transition official adds. > the times of israel revealed last week that witkoffs january 11 meeting with netanyahu was critical in securing a breakthrough, with the trump envoy leaning on the premier to make the compromises necessary for a deal. > he essentially conveyed to the prime minister, if youre not intent on making a deal, then tell me, and ill get on the plane and ill go home, the transition official tells nbc. > witkoff reportedly highlighted to netanyahu how much trump did for israel in his first term.
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