India, Oct. 13 -- US President Donald Trump on Sunday praised his special Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, for the Gaza peace deal, calling him a "great guy."

According to Trump, Witkoff is a "great businessman and negotiator", although he added that he knows many people who are all those things.

"He's just a great guy, everybody loved him," Trump said in his address to the Israeli parliament.

Steve Witkoff is the founder of the Witkoff Group, a real estate firm known for luxury developments. Despite having no prior formal diplomatic experience, he was appointed US special envoy to the Middle East and later special envoy for Peace Missions by Trump when the Republican started his second term as US President earlier this year.

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