Netanyahu says Israel has agreed to Trump's proposal for ceasefire with Iran
Israel has agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal for a ceasefire with Iran after it achieved its goal of removing Tehran's nuclear and ballistic missile threat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Tuesday.
'Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defense and their participation in eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat,' the statement said.
3 Israeli soldiers and rescue workers carry a body from a residential building destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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'In light of the achievement of the operation's goals, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel agreed to the President's proposal for a mutual ceasefire,' the statement added.
Trump said on Tuesday a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was now in place and asked both countries not to violate it, only hours after Iran launched waves of missiles, which Israel's ambulance service said killed at least four people.
Netanyahu, who will deliver a statement later on Tuesday, also said Israel would respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire.
Israel, joined by the United States on the weekend, has carried out attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, after alleging Tehran was getting close to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
3 Footage circulating online documented people fleeing Villaggio Mall in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, June 23, after Iran launched a missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base, which serves as the regional headquarters for US Central Command.
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3 This handout satellite photo obtained from Planet Labs PBC and dated on June 23, 2025, shows the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran after US strikes.
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Iran denies ever having a nuclear weapons programme, but Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said that if it wanted to, world leaders 'wouldn't be able to stop us.'
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