Joe Biden has praised Donald Trump for his success in negotiating a peace deal that freed the 20 remaining Hamas survivors.
While praising Trump, Biden also tried to take some credit for the monumental deal, claiming his administration had laid the groundwork for Trump to negotiate.
'The road to this deal was not easy. My Administration worked relentlessly to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians, and end the war,' Biden said in a statement to X.
'I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line.
'I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones.'
Biden said he was also overjoyed 'for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives.
'Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.'
I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones, and for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally…
Trump visited Israel on Monday to celebrate the return of the 20 surviving hostages after helping to broker the peace deal.
He later addressed a peace summit with global leaders where he called for a new era of harmony in the Middle East.
'We have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to put the old feuds and bitter hatreds behind us,' Trump said, and he urged leaders 'to declare that our future will not be ruled by the fights of generations past.'
'Everybody said it's not possible to do. And it's going to happen. And it is happening before your very eyes,' Trump said alongside Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
