New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Having brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and overseen Monday's hostage-detainee exchange, US President Donald Trump received a rousing applause in the Israeli Parliament, with lawmakers greeting the 79-year-old with a two-and-a-half-minute standing ovation.

As Trump took the podium accompanied by special envoy Steve Witkoff, the Knesset erupted in applause, with Israeli parliamentarians cheering the US President for his role in the current cessation of hostilities between Tel Aviv and Hamas.

When the din died down, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana introduced the US President, calling the 79-year-old a "colossus who will be enshrined in the pantheon of history" and declaring Trump as an icon who the Jewish peo...