NBC News journalist Andrea Mitchell faced criticism on social media after she seemed to attribute a Gaza ceasefire, which was brokered by Donald Trump, to the efforts of the Biden administration.

In a statement, the 78-year-old Chief Washington Correspondent expressed gratitude to former Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, highlighting his efforts in laying the groundwork for the agreement when the conflicting parties were finally ready to negotiate.

“Thank you for spending two years working toward this moment,” Mitchell commented, as Trump was in the process of signing the formal ceasefire agreement alongside leaders from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.

Trump had previously announced the ceasefire agreement, which he praised as a significant step towards achieving lasting peace in the region.

As the ceasefire took effect over the weekend, Blinken posted on social media, clarifying that Trump’s initiative had “adopted and built on the plan the Biden administration developed.”

Still, he wrote: ‘President Trump and his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner deserve our collective thanks for producing this ceasefire and the renewed possibility of lasting peace.’

Mitchell’s apparent failure to give the Trump administration credit for the ceasefire sparked almost immediate backlash. 

‘Andrea Mitchell decided she knows who deserves gratitude for the Israel/Gaza agreement,’ journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote. ‘It’s… Antony Blinken, who achieved nothing other than fueling, encouraging and justifying the Israeli war.’ 

NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell has been slammed for appearing to credit the Biden administration for the ceasefire in Gaza brokered by President Donald Trump

She thanked former Secretary of State Antony Blinken for his work ‘creating the basis of the agreement once the two sides were finally prepared to compromise’

He went on to call Mitchell and Blinken ‘two lifelong DC denizens and Israel loyalists slobbering over each other.’

Fellow journalist Joe Concha also blasted Mitchell’s response.

‘That time Andrea Mitchell thanks Blinken and Biden over [current Secretary of State Marco] Rubio and Trump for the peace deal in Gaza,’ he wrote. ‘Just incredible.’

Other X users also chimed in, with one person lamenting that Mitchell’s post demonstrates the ‘sad, sad state of journalism.’

‘You’re embarrassing yourself, Andrea,’ he wrote. ‘Go home.’ 

Trump has otherwise been widely praised for the ceasefire deal, with Time Magazine hailing the agreement as the ‘signature achievement’ of his second term.

‘The living Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of Donald Trump’s peace plan, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release,’ Time wrote alongside a picture of its new cover. 

It added that the deal ‘could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East.’ 

Trump has been widely praised for his efforts to secure peace in Gaza

Biden also applauded his successor for getting the deal across the finish line. 

‘The road to this deal was not easy,’ Biden wrote on X. 

‘My Administration worked relentlessly to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians, and end the war.

‘I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line.

‘I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with their families and loved ones.’

Biden said he was also overjoyed ‘for the civilians in Gaza who have experienced immeasurable loss and will finally get the chance to rebuild their lives.

‘Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.’

Former Vice President Kamala Harris also acknowledged ‘the President and his team’ for making the agreement possible, but refused to refer to Trump by name.

Even former President Joe Biden applauded his successor for getting the deal across the finish line

Despite the landmark deal, the peace in Gaza remained tenuous on Tuesday as Israel refused to increase aid to the area in retaliation for Hamas releasing just eight hostages’ bodies.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out doubling the number of trucks to deliver much-needed supplies to the Gaza Strip amid mounting anger at what he sees as the terror group’s violation of the peace plan.

As well as maintaining deliveries at 300 lorries per day, Israel also refused to reopen the Rafah Crossing into Egypt as planned to let Palestinians come and go from the Strip.

Hamas was supposed to return all 28 dead alongside the 20 living hostages by midday on Monday. But while the world rejoiced that all those alive came home, just four bodies were delivered, with a further four last night.

It provoked fury across Israel with calls for the government to react severely to the violation of the deal, as burying your dead is a sacred ritual in the Jewish religion.

Netanyahu set a deadline for progress by the end of yesterday, prompting Hamas to announce it would hand back another quartet. And last night the Israeli military said four more ‘coffins of deceased hostages’ were collected by the Red Cross in Gaza.

Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages on Tuesday

Freed Israeli male hostage Eviatar David is pictured being brought to Beilinson Hospital by helicopter

Some are now accusing Hamas of intentionally withholding dead hostages – putting the fragile peace under immense strain.

Local broadcaster Kan, for example, reported that the Israeli government believes Hamas is holding some back intentionally amid fears they are trying to extort more out of Israel.

 Mediators and aid agencies, though, have insisted the terror group is simply having trouble locating the bodies given the level of destruction across the territory.

Christian Cardon, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, even warned some remains may never be found.

He said: ‘I think there is clearly a risk that that will take much more time. What we are telling the parties is that should be their top priority.’

Egyptian teams are inside Gaza assisting efforts to locate and extract the bodies in consultation with Israel, according to Qatari Al Araby news outlet.

Gal Hirsch, Israel’s pointman on hostages, insisted ‘the mission is not complete’ and told families he will ‘intensify pressure’ on Hamas until all the hostages have been returned.