WATCH: Donald Trump drops f-bomb after Israel and Iran violate ceasefire
Donald Trump dropped an f-bomb on live television after Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire that came into effect this morning.
Israel began launching fresh missiles at Iran, claiming that the country violated the ceasefire that US President Trump announced on Truth Social in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The ceasefire lasted only a few hours, before the exchanges began again.
After telling Israel 'DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS [sic],' on Truth Social, Mr Trump addressed the media, where he said both countries were violating the ceasefire, and telling Israel to 'calm down' — before saying that both countries don't know 'what the f**k they're doing.'
'There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard after the time limit and now Israel is going out. These guys [have] got to calm down,' Mr Trump said. 'I didn't like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. They didn't have to unload.
'We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f**k they're doing.'
Mr Trump announced the temporary truce between the two countries, which came three days after US airstrikes hit several sites in Iran, on Tuesday morning via his social media site. Israel said that they agreed as long as Iran didn't fire missiles at them, and vice versa from Tehran — while Iranian officials said that they'd agree to the ceasefire if Israel stopped firing at them. Donald Trump dropped an f-bomb on live television after Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire that came into effect this morning. Pic: Daniel Torok/The White House via Getty Images
The ceasefire lasted just two hours after Israel claimed that Iran had fired missiles at northern Israel, something that Iran has denied. Israel then said that they would 'respond with force' to the alleged missiles from Iran, and began firing at them this afternoon.
Mr Trump implored Israel to stop earlier, angrily posting on Truth Social to 'bring their pilots home.' Iran and Israel's ceasefire lasted just over an hour, before Israel began firing missiles after saying that Iran broke the ceasefire first. Pic:'ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS,' Mr Trump wrote. 'IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!'
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