Trump scolds Israel and Iran as he accuses both of violating ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has unleashed a tirade on Israel for violating his ceasefire, saying both it and Iran 'don't know what the f--- they're doing' in an unprecedented display of rage at a close American ally.
Trump had declared a ceasefire between the two enemy states at 6pm on Monday, US time, saying it would start at midnight and end a conflict that has raged since Israel launched missiles at Iran in the early hours of June 13.
But in short order, both sides were accusing each other of violating the deal. A statement from the office of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reported by The Times of Israel, said Israel 'attacked forcefully in the heart of Tehran' hours before the ceasefire started, killing 'hundreds of Basij and Iranian security forces'.
The statement also said a barrage of Iranian missiles then killed four Israeli citizens in Beersheba, a city in the Negev desert in southern Israel, just before the truce was due to begin.
Leaving the White House for the NATO summit in the Netherlands early Tuesday morning, US time, Trump said he had watched coverage of the ceasefire on television all night and was deeply disappointed in the violations, particularly from Israel.
'I think they both violated it. I'm not sure they did it intentionally, they couldn't rein people back,' he said before boarding a military helicopter.
'I don't like the fact that Israel went out this morning at all. As soon as I can get away from you, I'm going to see if I can stop it,' Trump told reporters.
'Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I've never seen before. The biggest load that we've seen.
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