WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump mentioned on Tuesday (Jun 24) a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and requested each nations to not violate it, solely hours after Iran launched waves of missiles, which Israel’s ambulance service mentioned killed 4 folks.
“THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!” Trump mentioned in a Reality Social submit.
When Trump introduced on Monday what he referred to as an entire ceasefire to finish a 12-day battle, he appeared to recommend that Israel and Iran would have time to finish missions that had been underway, at which level the ceasefire would start in a staged course of.
Witnesses mentioned they heard explosions close to Tel Aviv and Beersheba in southern Israel earlier than Trump’s assertion.
Israel’s army mentioned six waves of missiles had been launched by Iran and Israel’s nationwide ambulance service mentioned 4 folks had been killed in Beersheba, the primary reported deaths in Israel since Trump introduced the ceasefire late on Monday.
Iran’s semi-official SNN information company reported on Tuesday that Tehran fired its final spherical of missiles earlier than the ceasefire got here into impact.
A senior White Home official mentioned Trump had brokered a ceasefire deal in a name with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel had agreed as long as Iran didn’t launch additional assaults.
“On the idea that all the pieces works because it ought to, which it’s going to, I want to congratulate each International locations, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Braveness, and Intelligence to finish, what needs to be referred to as, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR’,” Trump wrote on his Reality Social website.
