Kushner: "We can't afford to fail," Witkoff: "We just kept on thinking to ourselves, "This finish line is about saving lives"

Kushner, who also proposed an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan during Trump’s first term, described his reaction to viewing the devastation in Gaza, where he visited after the ceasefire took effect and saw Palestinians returning to their destroyed homes. “It’s very sad, because you think to yourself, they really have nowhere else to go,” he said.

Seeing the return of the remaining Israeli hostages was a feat considered nearly impossible by their doubters.

Minutes” airs full version of its interview with Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, in which they recount the diplomacy that ended the Gaza war: “The war is over.”

Israel has reopened two crossings in Gaza, while the key Rafah crossing will stay closed to the movement of people until further notice.