US President Donald Trump has claimed that Israel and Iran have negotiated a ceasefire, halting a two-week-old war that has killed hundreds after Israel launched air strikes against Iran and tit-for-tat strikes followed by Israeli warplanes and Iranian ballistic missiles.
The ceasefire was set to begin late on Monday, Trump said, with Iran halting its attacks first and then Israel set to cease offensive operations in the coming hours.
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Trump said he hoped that the ceasefire would lead to an end of what he called the “12 Day War”. Shortly before the announcement, powerful explosions were reported in the Iranian capital of Tehran, according to Agence France-Presse.
Israel reported sirens were activated across the country early Tuesday after reported Iranian missile Salvo directed at Israel.
“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!” Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform. “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE.”
There was no immediate official response from Iran or Israel. A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran had agreed to the US-proposed ceasefire.
Hours earlier, it reported that three Israeli officials had signalled Israel was looking to wrap up its strikes on Iran soon and had passed the message on to the US. On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was “very, very close to completing” its goals.
The announcement came after the US joined the Israel-led campaign by striking Iranian uranium enrichment facilities early on Sunday morning, prompting Iran on Monday to launch “a choreographed retaliatory strike” against a US airbase in Qatar. Trump had called the Iranian attack a “very weak response” and said he would renew efforts to negotiate a peace between Israel and Iran.
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