Donald Trump has declared that a ceasefire is now in effect between Israel and Iran, with the US President warning the warring sides ‘please do not violate it!’
Israel said it had agreed to Trump’s ceasefire proposal, declaring it had successfully removed Iran’s ‘dual immediate existential threat’ of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles – helped by the US intervening with strikes on Tehran’s atomic facilities.
Iran also confirmed a ceasefire was in place this morning, just hours after it launched retaliatory attacks on America’s largest military base in the Middle East.
What were hoped to be the last Iranian missiles of the conflict rained down on Israel this morning, killing four people and injuring at least a dozen more when they hit a residential building in the country’s south.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed Tehran had halted its retaliation against Israel at 4am local time, but the IDF said sirens were sounding in Israel shortly before 6am local time due to the missile launch.
Araghchi said there is no ceasefire agreement with Israel, but that his country has ‘no intention to continue’ military operations if Israel stops its attacks, which it is due to do later today according to Trump’s plan.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed Tehran had halted its retaliation against Israel at 4am local time, but the IDF said sirens were sounding in Israel shortly before 6am local time due to the missile launch.
US President said on his Truth Social platform that the ’12 day war’ will ‘end’ in 24 hours, writing in another post that it was set to go into effect once in-progress missions were completed.
In a separate statement, he simply wrote: ‘CONGRATULATIONS WORLD, IT’S TIME FOR PEACE’. The world is now waiting to see if his prediction comes true.
