Trump envoy says Gaza ceasefire could pave way for Mideast normalization deal: 'Inflection point'

"I think this is an inflection point," Witkoff said on "America's Newsroom," Wednesday.

"I think you could get everybody on board in that region. I think there's a new sense of leadership over there. Qatar was enormously helpful in this. Sheikh Mohammed, plenty of his communication skills with Hamas were indispensable here, so I think the UAE is already a part of it. Egypt was very helpful to us in these endeavors."

"I think we have the opportunity to get everybody bought in to a better future for the region - more opportunity, more hope," he added.

Witkoff, a former real estate tycoon, is credited for being President Trump's man in the room during efforts to broker the complex deal that has seen the return of three female hostages thus far.

"I'm not confident. It's not our war, it's their war," Trump said from the Oval Office, when asked by a reporter whether the ceasefire would hold and last through three planned phases. "I looked at a picture of Gaza - Gaza is like a massive demolition site. That place is, it's really, it's got to be rebuilt in a different way."

Witkoff said he doesn't disagree with Trump and that the "implementation" of the deal will likely be more challenging than its "execution."

"If it goes well, we'll get into phase two, and we're going to get a lot more live bodies out, and I think that's what the president's directive to me and everybody else working in the American government on this [is], and that's what we're going to do."