President Joe Biden‘s administration is sending mixed messages about how much credit President-elect Donald Trump deserves after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal that could end their 15-month war.

Months of tedious talks over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza – negotiations that required officials from an outgoing and incoming presidential administration to put aside their fundamental differences – culminated in an intense late-night push for an agreement that finally came to fruition on Wednesday.

The U.S. State Department's obligation to continue probing some Israeli actions in the Gaza War will pass to the incoming administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, a department spokesperson told reporters on Wednesday.

The Biden administration announced on Tuesday it will remove Cuba from the state sponsor of terrorism list – a move taken in the twilight of the administration that is likely to reversed by the incoming team.

Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners jailed following anti-government protests in 2021, making good on a deal agreed with the Biden administration this week. Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday removed Cuba from a blacklist of nations that sponsor terrorism and rolled back a raft of sanctions implemented by Donald Trump during his first presidency that have contributed to the communist-run island's worst economic crisis in decades.