President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Wednesday made a rare visit by a U.S. official to the Gaza Strip to oversee the implementation of the fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that he helped broker,

Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza on Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S. official in more than a decade.

Trump sent Witkoff to ensure the ceasefire agreement advances to the second phase, which will require hashing out more thorny questions about Gaza’s future.