Israel-Iran war live: Trump says ceasefire in effect and ‘nobody will be hurt'

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President Trump has shared what appears to be a text message from Nato's secretary-general on his Truth Social platform.
In the message, Mark Rutte lavishes praise on the US president, saying he has achieved 'something NO American president in decades could get done'.
The US leader is currently on his way to the Hague for a two-day Nato summit where alliance members are expected to heed Trump's calls to increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP.
'You are flying into another big success in the Hague this evening. It was not easy but we've got them all signed onto 5 per cent!' Rutte is purported to have told Trump.
'Donald, you have driven us to a really, really important moment for America and Europe and the world. You will achieve something NO American president in decades could get done.'
At least 610 people have been killed and more than 4,700 wounded in Iran since the start of the war with Israel, the Iranian health ministry spokesman has said.
Among the casualties reported since June 13 are 13 children, five doctors and several rescue workers. 'Hospitals have been confronted with extremely harrowing scenes' Hossein Kermanpour posted on X. 'They are all civilians.'
Further reports by the ministry claimed seven hospitals and nine ambulances had also been damaged in the strikes.
Iran's attacks on Israel have killed 28 people and left more than 2,100 injured, according to official figures.
The world will be a 'much calmer' place, President Trump has said on Truth Social as he heads into a two-day Nato summit in the Hague.
'Heading to Nato where, at worst, it will be a much calmer period than what I just went through with Israel and Iran,' Trump said.
'I look forward to seeing all of my very good European friends, and others. Hopefully, much will be accomplished!'
Among the victims of an Iranian ballistic missile strike that killed five people in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba were a woman and a man in their forties and a man in his early twenties, emergency services said. Three storeys of the building collapsed, firefighters said.
The attack took place in a district of the desert city with a large community of people from the former Soviet Union. At a shop selling products from Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine, customers listened to the latest news from a Russian-language Israeli television station.
'I was at home when the missile hit and I was absolutely terrified,' said Olga, who moved to Israel from Moldova more than 20 years ago. 'The Iranians will need to try and show to their people that they won, so I'm not sure we will see a final peace today. But it's coming very soon.'
There appears to be reason to hope a ceasefire brokered by President Trump between Iran and Israel is back on track — for now.
Both sides had confirmed their agreement to a bilateral ceasefire by around 7.30am UK time. About an hour later, Israel accused Iran of violating the truce by reportedly aiming two ballistic missiles at Israel, something Tehran denied. Israeli politicians immediately vowed to respond, before Israel said it had struck an Iranian radar system.
Around noon, a seemingly furious Trump promised to 'see if I can stop' the ceasefire from unravelling and is believed to have had a very frank phone conversation with Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister.
Netanyahu's office has now issued a statement saying it 'refrained from further attacks' after the attack on Iran's radar array north of Tehran, giving Trump 'confidence in the stability of the ceasefire'.
'Rising Lion' was Israel's third major war in two years, and its shortest, at just 12 days. The end of the conflict and ceasefire announced with much fanfare by President Trump on Monday night lasted even less time.
With so much uncertainty and events on Tuesday morning doing much to threaten, once again, any prospect of peace, Iran has emerged from the seismic events of the past fortnight much diminished, yet unbroken.
If the goal of the operation was to dismantle Iran's nuclear programme, it appears to have failed. Iran's facilities have been heavily damaged or destroyed, but they can be rebuilt.
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Iran used a 400kg 'Ghader' missile to fire at Beersheba in southern Israel this morning in a deadly strike just before the tenuous ceasefire began, Israel's president claimed.
Speaking at the scene of the attack, which killed four people who were sheltering in safe rooms, and injured dozens more, President Herzog called the attack 'outrageous''and 'painful'.
'What we've seen here is outrageous and extremely painful. That missile, which is one of the heaviest missiles in the Iranian arsenal, way above 400kg, landed here specifically to kill women, children, the elderly, people living ordinary lives. It demolished a kindergarten school, demolished apartments and unfortunately, had a heavy toll of four innocent civilians. I want to express my heartfelt condolences to the families,' Herzog told press gathered at the scene.
'This is a terrible loss, and it shows exactly who we are facing. We are facing an evil enemy which has decided simply to destroy and hurt and kill.'
There was just an hour to go before the Iran-Israel ceasefire was due to come into force when an ballistic missile slammed into a seven-storey block of flats in Beersheba, a desert town in southern Israel, killing at least five people and injuring ten others.
The missile ripped off the entire side of the building, mangling concrete and steel. The blast wave shattered windows several streets away and badly damaged parked vehicles in scenes that have become grimly familiar to Israelis over the past 12 days. The deaths were the first in Israel since June 16 and brought the number of fatalities to 28.
'The Iranian regime is targeting our civilians. There's no military installation right here. There's nothing of the security apparatus,' said an Israeli Defence Forces spokesman next to the epicentre of the blast. The Times could not immediately verify the claim,but there were no obvious military targets in the neighbourhood.
President Trump has spoken to Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, in an 'exceptionally firm and direct way', a White House official told Axios news website.
A phone call is believed to have taken place between the two leaders after Israel accused Iran of violating a US-brokered ceasefire.
'The president told Netanyahu what needed to happen to sustain the ceasefire. The prime minister understood the severity of the situation and the concerns President Trump expressed,' the official said.
Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he was kept informed 'at all stages' of US plans to bomb Iran amid questions over what Britain knew before the strikes.
The prime minister told reporters President Trump was a 'close ally' and said the pair 'work together'.
He said he called a Cobra meeting when he returned from the G7 in Canada because 'I obviously wanted to take necessary measures should there be American action taken'.
He said: 'My first step on getting back was to cover all eventualities including the eventuality of a US attack.
'We had then been talking to the US all of last week into the attack on Saturday. We were kept informed at all stages of what they were doing and working as allies as you'd expect.'
Sir Keir Starmer has left the door open to tax rises to pay for defence funding after the next election as he said defending Britain must come before all else.
The prime minister said it was 'pretty obvious we're living in volatile times, probably more volatile than most of us have lived through recently, and we have entered a new era for defense and security'.
Asked whether he would need to raise taxes to meet the new Nato commitment of 5 per cent of GDP, the prime minister said his manifesto at the last election included commitments not to raise taxes on working people.
However the government had already said it would not set out how the full funding would be settled until after the next election, which would bring with it a new manifesto.
Starmer said: 'Every time we've set out our defence spending commitments, so when we went to 2.5 per cent in 2027/28, we set out precisely how we would pay for it, that didn't involve tax rises.'
He added: 'Clearly we've got commitments in our manifesto about not making tax rises on working people and we will stick to our manifesto commitments.'
The level of uranium Iran should be allowed to keep for civil purposes must be distinguished from that it could use for nuclear weapons, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Speaking to reporters as he arrived in The Hague for the Nato summit, he said: 'Our consistent position is that they shouldn't have nuclear weapons, and therefore any enrichment that is inconsistent with … having nuclear weapons is obviously something we support.
'Whatever the level is for a civil programme is a different matter, but we've got to distinguish between the two.'
President Trump has taken to his Truth Social platform, insisting Iran will 'NEVER REBUILD THEIR NUCLEAR FACILITIES'.
Later in the morning, he told reporters Iran was 'not going to have a nuclear weapon', adding: 'It's the last thing on their mind right now'.
After previously making conflicting remarks on the issue, Trump also said he did not 'want to see regime change in Iran', saying 'regime change makes chaos'.
Residents of a neighbourhood in southern Israel that was struck early this morning by an Iranian ballistic missile were pessimistic that today's ceasefire deal would last.
'I don't trust the Iranians,' Arkady, an elderly man in the city of Beersheba, told The Times. 'I hope that they have also enough of this now, but we will see.'
Another local, Eduard, said that he had been in his apartment block's shelter when the missile hit a nearby building, killing at least four people. 'The room shook like jelly,' he said. 'I hope that this was the last time we will see this kind of attack, but I am worried that it is not so simple to stop a war. The Iranians need to choose what they want now.'
He was speaking shortly after Israel accused Iran of violating the ceasefire by launching missiles towards northern Israel and promised a tough response. Tehran denied the claim.
Despite the uncertainty, a group of Australian holidaymakers who had been stranded in Tel Aviv by the war toasted the ceasefire deal with early morning glasses of prosecco.
Mike Johnson, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, spoke to President Trump shortly after he expressed frustration outside the White House at the violation of the ceasefire.
Johnson, a close ally of Trump, told Fox News the president was 'frustrated'. 'Everybody just saw that demonstrated. We all are, right? This ceasefire is fragile,' he said.
Asked about a report by Reuters, which said Mohammad Eslami, the Iranian nuclear chief, has claimed arrangements have been made to restore the country's nuclear programme already, Johnson said this is 'madness'.
'I mean, we're under no illusion that you can just kill all their nuclear ambition overnight. But I think reality has set in over there. We have decimated the upper echelon of their military command, as well as their nuclear scientists. I mean, there's not much left for them to rebuild upon,' he said.
'But the idea that they would put out a statement like that at this fragile moment is very frustrating. It goes to show you why Iran has always been an irrational actor. They're not to be trusted, but we've got to use force.'
Two explosions have been heard north of Tehran, according to Mizan, the news outlet of Iran's judiciary, and the newspaper Shargh.
Israeli officials have confirmed that their air force has carried out a small strike against a radar station in northern Tehran, according to the Times of Israel. The attack on Iran was said to be in response to Iran's alleged launch of two ballistic missiles shortly after a ceasefire was confirmed.
President Trump has taken to Truth Social again, saying Israel is 'not going to attack Iran', following reports he has spoken with Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister.
'ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran,' he wrote. '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 has held a telephone call with Netanyahu, according to Israeli media. Despite Trump's insistence that Israel will not attack Iran, however, Israeli officials have suggested that a 'symbolic' attack is likely.
President Trump's trip to the Hague for a two-day Nato summit was expected to be his victory lap for brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
If Trump manages to salvage the truce, it could go down as one of his biggest foreign policy achievements yet. If the ceasefire falls apart, it could add to the series of conflicts the US president has vowed to solve, with little long-term success.
On the campaign trail, he promised to end the war between Ukraine and Russia 'in 24 hours', but now re-installed in the White House, his attempts to broker a ceasefire have failed. Before his inauguration, he took credit for the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but that deal collapsed after two months.
Sir Keir Starmer has urged Israel and Iran to 'get back' to a ceasefire.
'The sooner we get back to that [the ceasefire], the better,' the prime minister said as he arrived in the Netherlands for a two-day Nato summit. 'And that's the message that I'm discussing with other leaders today.
'We need to get back to that ceasefire, which is consistent with what I've been saying about de-escalation for quite some time now.'
During his remarks to reporters outside the White House, President Trump expressed fury at Iran and Israel, saying: 'They don't know what the f*** they're doing.'
'I'm gonna see if I can stop it. These guys had better calm down. I didn't like that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. I'm not happy about that.' He also criticised Iranian strikes. 'I'm really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning. I think they both violated.'
He also criticised TV networks for questioning whether Saturday strikes had destroyed Iran's nuclear programmes. 'I think CNN ought to apologise to the pilots of the B2s,' he said.
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, President Trump appeared to single out Israel for having 'unloaded right after they agreed to a ceasefire'.
While he previously said both sides were to blame for violations of the ceasefire, Trump also took to his Truth Social platform to warn Israel not to 'DROP THOSE BOMBS'.
'ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!' his social media post read.
President Trump has blamed both Iran and Israel for breaking the ceasefire he helped broker.
He said he is 'not happy' with Israel and Iran, before adding he is 'really unhappy' with Israel.
European leaders urged Iran and Israel to abide by the ceasefire amid growing concerns it has already collapsed.
President Macron said the 'situation clearly remains volatile and unstable', but told reporters in Norway it was a 'very good thing President Trump is calling for a ceasefire'.
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said conflict with Iran must not be allowed to plunge the region into war. Speaking ahead of a Nato summit in the Hague today, Merz said: 'Not only Israel, but also Europe and the world as a whole are threatened by this Iranian nuclear programme.'
He urged both sides to 'follow' the ceasefire.
Qatar has warned against further 'outrageous attacks' after Iran targeted a US base outside Doha.
The prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said he and regional partners were 'surprised' by attacks by a 'neighbourly and brotherly country', adding that 'many outrageous attacks on various countries' could lead 'the region to a more difficult situation'.
On an increasingly fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel, the prime minister told reporters that he hoped Israel's prime minister would not 'take advantage' of the truce to keep attacking Gaza.
Doha was asked by the US to put President Trump's ceasefire proposal to Iran, he added.
The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, expressed regret in a phone call with Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, that Tehran's target in retaliation for US strikes was a military base in Qatar, the prime minister said.
The Israeli embassy in the UK released a picture of what it alleges to be an Iranian missile fired at northern Israel during the US-brokered ceasefire.
Local media reported that Iran launched two ballistic missiles at Israel after agreeing to the truce.
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In Tel Aviv, residents stepped outside their homes this morning, uncertain of whether a new ceasefire would hold. While cafes, offices and schools remained closed, some urged Israel to continue the fight.
'Israel should keep going — down to the bone,' Avi, a lifeguard and father of two, told The Times. 'For our children, or else this will go on forever, like we have with Gaza and Hamas. We need to finish it once and for all.'
Others were hopeful life would go back to normal. In particular, stranded Brits stuck for an extended stay in Israel said they hoped the airspace would reopen so they could return home, and those who booked indirect flights via Jordan, Egypt and Dubai were hopeful they would not be cancelled.
Despite claims a US-brokered ceasefire has been violated, Israel Airports Authority has said it still preparing for a gradual reopening of its airspace.
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That's the accolade President Trump craves and his role in bringing Iran and Israel towards a truce was bringing fresh calls, at least from Republicans, for recognition from the Oslo committee on Monday night.
Trump ordered a high-stakes bombing raid on Iran's uranium enrichment facilities, hitting the nuclear ambition that four predecessors failed to stop, then, in an audacious display of brinkmanship, apparently helped to engineer a truce deal between Iran and Israel.
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Residents in Iran's capital are fleeing for shelter, witnesses have told The Times, over fears of imminent Israeli strikes.
Hussain, a 43-year-old businessman from Tehran, said that while Iranians initially welcomed news of a US-brokered truce they could immediately 'sense that a new threat is on the horizon'.
He said there are fears on the streets of the Iranian capital that Israel's military could strike in the next few hours after unverified reports circulated on social media that an evacuation order had been issued for District 7 in northeastern Tehran.
'This situation leaves us vulnerable, as any spark could reignite tensions and potentially lead to war,' added Hussain.
Iraq has said some of its military assets were damaged during a drone attack overnight.
A military spokesperson from Iraq said radar systems were significantly damaged at the joint US-Iraqi Camp Taji and Imam Ali air base.
The spokesperson did not verify from where the missiles were fired, although there were reports overnight that Iran had attacked US airbases in Iraq.
'In a treacherous and cowardly attack, from 0215 to 0345 this morning, Tuesday, 24 June 2025, a group of small, suicide drones targeted several Iraqi military sites and bases,' Iraqi Special Operations Command wrote on X.
'This attack caused significant damage to the radar systems at Taji Camp north of Baghdad and the Imam Ali (peace be upon him) Base in Dhi Qar Governorate, with no human casualties reported.'
The spokesperson said Iraqi forces successfully repelled other attacks on four sites, shooting down the drones.
Sir Keir Starmer said the US was not poised to strike on the regime's nuclear facilities. The US military strikes have thrown his judgment into question
President Trump's decision took the prime minister and the wider government by surprise. Starmer and David Lammy, the foreign secretary, had been convinced that there was a 'window of opportunity' to attempt to de-escalate the conflict.
They appeared to have taken Trump at his word when the White House suggested on Thursday there would be a pause to ensure that there was a 'chance for substantial negotiations'.
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Qatar has summoned the Iranian ambassador in Doha over Tehran's targeting of a US military base in the Gulf state last night.
The foreign ministry expressed its 'strong condemnation' of the attack and repeated that it 'retains the right to respond to this egregious violation', a statement said.
With Iran facing perhaps the biggest threat since its founding in 1979, resolving the matter of his succession has never been so urgent, or so intertwined with the regime's very survival. As such, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, is said to have accelerated a process that began over a decade ago to name who follows him and ensure continuity.
The names of the candidates remain a secret, and there have been contradictory reports about whether they include Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, 55, who appeared as a favourite after the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the former president, or Hassan Khomeini, 52, grandson of the father of the Islamic revolution, who is being suggested as an alternative candidate.
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Iran has denied firing missiles at Israel, according to Iranian state media.
Israeli media, meanwhile, is reporting that two ballistic missiles were launched by Iran, with the country's military intercepting both.
The Israeli minister of defence has vowed to strike Iranian 'regime assets and terror infrastructure' as he pledged to retaliate to Tehran's apparent ceasefire violation.
Israel Katz said: 'In light of Iran's blatant violation of the ceasefire declared by the president of the United States through the launch of missiles toward Israel and in accordance with the Israeli government's policy to respond forcefully to any breach, I have instructed the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] … to continue high-intensity operations targeting regime assets and terror infrastructure in Tehran.'
Eyal Zamir, the IDF chief of staff, said: 'In light of the severe violation of the ceasefire carried out by the Iranian regime, we will respond with force.'
Israeli politicians are calling for retaliation on social media after Iran was accused of violating a US-brokered truce, just hours after it said it had agreed to the ceasefire.
'Tehran will tremble,' said Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister and hard-right member of Binyamin Netanyahu's security cabinet.
Avigdor Lieberman, the former deputy prime minister, said on X that Israel 'must not absorb, we must not ignore, we must respond immediately', adding: '3 and a half hours after the U.S. President announced a ceasefire, [there was] shooting from Iran toward northern Israel.'
Israeli MP Tali Gotliv said any Iranian violation of the ceasefire 'will be met with an appropriate response'.
The minister of defence in Israel has instructed the military to 'respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with high-intensity strikes'.
Israel Katz said the attacks would focus on targets in the heart of the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Israel's military has now told residents in the north of the country they are allowed to leave air raid shelters 'following a situation assessment'.
There appears to have been no confirmation of a missile launch by Iran.
In what appears to be a breach of the ceasefire, Iran has fired at least one ballistic missile, according to The Times of Israel.
Israel is thought to have intercepted the missile with no immediate reports of any injuries or damage.
Following the apparent breach of the ceasefire, sirens are expected to sound in northern Israel in the coming minutes, the Times of Israel reports, with ballistic missiles said to have been fired from Iran
Missiles have been launched from Iran after a US-brokered ceasefire with Israel began, according to Israel's military
'A short while ago, the IDF [Israel Defence Forces] identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the State of Israel,' a statement from the IDF read.
'Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat.
'Upon receiving an alert, the public is instructed to enter a protected space and remain there until further notice.
'Leaving the protected space is only permitted following an explicit directive. Continue to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command.'
Families of hostages held in Gaza called for an end to the war there and bring back those in Hamas captivity following the ceasefire with Iran.
'The ceasefire agreement must expand to include Gaza; we call on the government to engage in urgent negotiations that will bring home all the hostages and end the war. Those who can achieve a ceasefire with Iran can also end the war in Gaza,' a statement from the hostage family forum, an umbrella group of those seeking a ceasefire, read on Monday morning.
'After 12 days and nights during which the people of Israel couldn't sleep because of Iran, we can finally go back to not sleeping because of the hostages,' they added.
The 56 Israeli and foreign nationals hostages, 20 of whom are believed to still be alive, have been held in captivity by Hamas and other Gazan militants since October 7, 2023,.
The death toll from a missile strike that hit residential buildings in southern Israel early this morning has risen to five.
Another 20 people were injured in the strike, according to Israeli authorities.
The attack on the city of Beersheba took place before a ceasefire took hold. It marks the highest death toll from one Iranian missile in the course of the war.
A video posted on social media has shown a group of evacuees appearing to land in the UK on an RAF evacuation flight from Israel while singing Israel's national anthem, followed by a rendition of God Save the King.
The video was posted by Max Radford, a British delegate of the World Zionist Congress and co-founder of Ballistra group, a technology business with ties in Israel.
In the Instagram post, Radford thanked the RAF for its 'amazing' support.
Oil has fallen sharply after President Trump announced a 'complete and total ceasefire' between Israel and Iran.
Brent crude has fallen to $68.76 a barrel, having topped $79 a barrel in recent days on fears that the Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz, through which around a fifth of total global oil supplies and fifth of global exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) pass.
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Ben Gurion airport, Israel's main international hub, will reportedly resume full operations later this morning.
The number of rescue flights departing from the airport is also expected to increase dramatically in the coming hours, according to Israeli broadcaster Channel 12.
Earlier this morning, it was announced Ben Gurion would allow the first outgoing flights to depart since Israel's conflict with Iran began on June 13.
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohammad Reza Seddiqi Sabir was killed by an Israeli attack early this morning, Iranian media has reported.
The attack took place before a US-brokered truce began, according to Nornews. The Israeli strike was said to have targeted Sabir's apartment, with his 17-year-old son also being killed.
The US imposed sanctions on the scientist in May, alleging he was involved in the development of nuclear weapons.
Israel has claimed to have 'removed a dual immediate existential threat' posed by Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, the prime minister's office said in a series of statements posted on social media.
Writing on X, it said Israel had achieved a 'tremendous success', with Binyamin Netanyahu's office adding: 'The IDF [Israel Defence Forces] has achieved complete air control over Tehran's skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets.
'In the past 24 hours, the IDF has also severely struck government targets in the heart of Tehran, eliminating hundreds of Basij operatives — the terrorist regime's suppression mechanism — and eliminating another senior nuclear scientist. Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defence and their participation in eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat.'
Israel has agreed to Trump's ceasefire proposal with Iran, the Israeli prime minister's office has confirmed.
Binyamin Netanyahu's office said it would respond 'forcefully' to any violations, adding that he would deliver a statement later today.
'In light of the achievement of the objectives of the operation, and in full co-ordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president's proposal for a bilateral ceasefire,' a statement read.
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President Trump is expected to fly to the Hague later today for a planned Nato summit.
While the conference had been expected to focus on how alliance members are heeding Trump's calls to increase defence spending to five per cent of GDP, the conflict in the Middle East will almost certainly loom large.
If a ceasefire appears to hold throughout the day, Trump is likely to take credit for mediating peace between Iran and Israel, arguably his biggest foreign policy achievement yet. However, with Israel yet to confirm the truce, the US leader may be unable to perform his victory lap.
Concerns that Trump would talk down Nato during the summit — and discuss withdrawing US troops from Europe while abandoning support to Ukraine — have eased somewhat. President Zelensky has now been invited to a dinner with Nato leaders after fears Ukraine would be blocked from participating in the conference altogether.
In the past few hours, Israeli warplanes struck and destroyed missile launchers in western Iran 'ready to be fired at Israeli territory', the military said in a statement.
It appeared to refer to a strike before the ceasefire — which has now officially come into effect, according to the US president.
Israel has not confirmed the ceasefire.
The missile strike that hit residential buildings in Beersheba before the ceasefire took hold has killed four people. It is the highest death toll from one Iranian missile in the course of the war.
Paramedics said that three people— a woman aged about 40, a man about 40 and a man about 20 were pronounced dead at the scene — with another body recovered later.
Dvir Ben Ze'ev, an MDA paramedic at the site in southern Israel, said: 'We saw significant destruction to several buildings on the street where the rocket fell. At the entrance to one of the buildings, an unconscious man was lying down, and after further searches, two more casualties — a man and a woman — were found unconscious.'
President Trump has said that his promised ceasefire is now in effect after waves of strikes overnight, which have killed at least four.
'THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!', Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.
Israeli emergency services said three people were killed and two left wounded in an overnight Iranian missile strike in southern Israel.
Magen David Adom said in a statement on X on Tuesday morning: 'Following the missile impact site in southern Israel: So far, MDA teams have pronounced the deaths of three people, two people with moderate injuries have been evacuated to hospital and approximately six people with mild injuries are being treated at the scene.'
Iran's state media said a fifth wave of missiles was headed towards Israel around the time a ceasefire announced by the United States was due to begin.
'The fifth wave of this morning's missile attack from Iran is on its way to the occupied territories,' Irib posted on Telegram just before 4am BST.
Israel's military has said waves of missiles were launched by Iran. Israel's national ambulance service said three people were killed in Beersheba — the first reported deaths in Israel since Trump announced the ceasefire.
Unidentified drones struck radar systems at two military bases in Iraq early on Tuesday. No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The first attack hit a radar system at the Taji base, north of Baghdad — where US troops were hosted until 2020 — a security source told AFP. A drone also targeted the radar system at the Imam Ali airbase in Dhi Qar province in southern Iraq, the source said
Another drone fell in the Radwaniya district, ten kilometres west of Baghdad international airport, the source added, where US troops are deployed as part of an anti-jihadist coalition.
The attacks caused material damage but no casualties were reported, Lieutenant General Walid al-Tamimi told the official Iraqi News Agency.
As the minutes ticked down to 7am Israel time and a possible ceasefire, Israelis in bomb shelters were unsure on the exact timings of the deal announced by President Trump — or whether it would actually happen.
After four consecutive missile barrages that sent residents of Tel Aviv rushing to and from shelters, it was unclear if the salvos were a final blast from Tehran or the start of a new round of escalation.
Reports that three people had been killed by an Iranian missile in Beersheba, a city in southern Israel, raised fears that an Israeli response would trigger more Iranian attacks.
'I'm tired and slightly disillusioned now because I don't know if this is really the end or not,' said one woman, moments before another all-clear.
President Trump announced a 'complete and total ceasefire' between Israel and Iran after 12 days of hostilities, including a symbolic Iranian reprisal strike on a US base in Qatar on Monday.
He posted a message on his Truth Social site hailing an end to the war, as Israel continued its attacks on Iran.
'Congratulations to everyone!' he wrote, 'in approximately six hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!'
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, signalled early on Tuesday morning that Tehran was prepared to halt its missile attacks at 4am local time (1.30am UK). However, three consecutive air raid warnings sounded in Tel Aviv a few hours later.
'The military operations of our powerful armed forces to punish Israel for its aggression continued until the very last minute, at 4am,' Araghchi wrote on social media.
'As of now, there is NO 'agreement' on ceasefire or cessation of military operations. However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards,' he added.
In a hotel bomb shelter in Tel Aviv, Australian holidaymakers caught up in Israel's war with Iran were doubtful that a ceasefire would hold. After taking a group photo, one of the them said that she suspected Iran had no intention of sticking to any deal. 'I thought the Iranians might give us the night off after hitting Qatar,' said another as booms were was heard in the city.
A missile fired from Iran hit a building in Beersheba, a southern desert city in Israel, destroying a building and killing three people.
Initial reports said that people may be buried under the rubble, with others critically injured in the strike at 5.40am local time.
Paramedics at the scene were treating three people in critical condition and those who were wounded. Beersheba has been badly hit in the war, with a missile striking the largest hospital in the area last week.
Another alarm was sounded after dawn as more missiles were fired.
Israelis made their way down to shelters at 5am local time on Tuesday morning, with two consecutive warnings to hunker down.
The Israeli military said they identified a launch from Iran towards Israel and sirens blared in central Israel. Booms were heard overhead in the central city of Tel Aviv.
As news of a potential ceasefire spread, many people spent the minutes underground checking the news and discussing what the day might hold.
When asked if there was going to be a ceasefire, some said that it would only happen if Israel had achieved what they set out to do.
A hotel worker said he wasn't sure what would happen next and whether or not there was a ceasefire. 'Uncle Donald doesn't know what to think about it,' said Tom Rogers, 65. [Trump] may think he's qualified to run a war, but he's got General Korilla who knows what he's doing. It will be OK.'