Israel-Iran ceasefire holds after Trump ticks off both sides
Washington/Tehran/Tel Aviv: A ceasefire between Iran and Israel following 12 days of warfare remains "in effect," US President Donald Trump posted on Tuesday, while accusing both sides of violations.
"ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly 'Plane Wave' to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the ceasefire is in effect!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump had just accused both Iran and Israel of violating the newly agreed ceasefire, in comments to journalists in Washington before his departure to attend a Nato summit in The Hague.
Earlier, Trump had urged Israel to refrain from responding to alleged Iranian attacks, posting on Truth Social: "DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS... BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!"
He said that any more attacks after the agreed ceasefire would be a major violation.
Trump announced the ceasefire overnight, and both Iran and Israel later confirmed it. Soon afterwards however, the two sides traded accusations of further attacks being carried out.
Israel had broken the ceasefire three times and attacked various locations in Iran.
Earlier statements from the Israeli military said that Tehran had fired at least one missile at northern Israel, with Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowing strong counter-attacks.
Iran denied firing rockets at Israel after the ceasefire took effect, according to the Tasnim news agency.
Drawing a line under attacks
Trump announced the ceasefire late on Monday, specifying that it would be introduced in stages over the following hours.
"It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE," the US president said.
Iran and Israel continued exchanging fire right up until the ceasefire, with casualties reported on both sides.
At least nine people were killed in the northern Iranian city of Rasht ahead of the ceasefire, according to Tasnim. A further 33 people were injured in the attack on a residential area, it wrote.
State media reported that a senior Iranian nuclear scientist was killed in Israeli attacks in the morning.
In a morning attack from Iran on Israel, at least five people were killed and 20 others injured, according to a local rescue service in Beersheba.
The Israeli Air Force attacked and destroyed missile launch pads in western Iran that had been used in the latest attacks on Israeli territory, the military announced.
If it holds, the ceasefire will be considered a success for Trump, after the United States joined the conflict at the weekend with surgical strikes on key Iranian nuclear facilities.
"On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, 'THE 12 DAY WAR'," Trump wrote on Truth Social. SEE ALSO P6 & 7
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