WASHINGTON — The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect early Wednesday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration.

Trump’s transition team, meanwhile, was quick to spike the football and claim credit for the rare spot of good news for a Democratic administration that has been dragged down by the grinding conflict in the Middle East.

“Everyone is coming to the table because of President Trump,” Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice for his national security adviser, said in a post on X on Tuesday, shortly before Israel’s Cabinet signed off on the agreement. “His resounding victory sent a clear message to the rest of the world that chaos won’t be tolerated. I’m glad to see concrete steps towards deescalation in the Middle East.”

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday confirmed he kept Waltz updated on negotiations but rejected the idea that Trump deserved credit for the long-sought deal finally coalescing. “I would just point out that you know you’ve done a really good thing when other people take credit for it,” Sullivan told CNN on Wednesday.

The Biden administration’s coordination with Trump’s team on its efforts to forge the ceasefire in Lebanon is perhaps the highest-profile example of cooperation in what has been a sometimes choppy transition period.

Trump’s transition team just Tuesday reached a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House that will allow transition staff to coordinate with the existing federal workforce before Trump takes office Jan. 20.

There has been some coordination on high levels between the outgoing Biden and incoming Trump teams, including the talks between Sullivan and Waltz.

Biden, in remarks from the White House Rose Garden on Tuesday, cheered the ceasefire agreement as a critical step that he hoped could be the catalyst for a broader peace in the Mideast, which has been shaken by nearly 14 months of war since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

“This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities,” Biden said. “What is left of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations will not be allowed — I emphasize, will not be allowed — to threaten the security of Israel again.”