Trump had declared Tuesday night that Israel and Iran had agreed on the twelfth day of the war of a ceasefire that should be implemented gradually. On Tuesday morning, he wrote in his online service Truth Social that the fire break was “now into force”.
The Israeli government said a short time later that it accepted Trump’s proposal for a “mutual fire break”. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a cabinet meeting that Israel had achieved all of his goals “and much more”, it said from his office.
Iran, on the other hand, said that he had forced Israel to “accept his defeat and to unilaterally stop his aggression”. The Iranian army remains “on alert” and is ready to react to “every aggression”, the National Security Council said.
Before the ceasefire was proclaimed, Iran fired several rocket salvings on Israel in the morning. According to the emergency services, four people were killed in southern Israel.
After the ceasefire was announced, Israel reported another Iranian attack. Defense Minister Israel Katz announced retaliation. He had instructed the army “to string back with powerful attacks against the goals of the regime in the heart of Tehran”.
Trump warned Israel of further attacks against Iran. “Israel will not attack Iran,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Nobody will be harmed, the ceasefire is in force.”
A few hours later, the Netanyahus office said that Israel was targeting further attacks on Iran. The army had “destroyed a radar system near Tehran” as a retaliation for the rocket fire. After a phone call between Netanyahu and Trump, Israel refrained from further attacks.
“If the Zionist regime does not violate the ceasefire, Iran will not violate it,” said Iranian President Massud Peseschkian in a phone call with the Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, as was said on the president’s website.
A little later, Peseschkian agreed to return to the negotiating table. In a phone call to the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Sayed, Peseschkian said, according to the official news agency Irna, that his country is not striving for nuclear weapons, but still wanted to enforce his “legitimate rights” of peaceful use of nuclear energy. Iran is “ready to solve the matters (…) at the negotiating table”.
The ceasefire encountered support internationally. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) spoke of a “very good development that can make the Middle East and the world safer”. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also welcomed the announced attitude of the fights.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured Iran on a phone call with his Iranian colleague Abbas Araghtschi Beijing’s support in achieving a “real ceasefire” so that people can return to a normal life “.
The leadership in Tehran said that after twelve days of war there was now “extensive” reconstruction work. A government spokesman on state television said that “residential areas, scientific centers, research institutes and health institutions” were attacked.
Israel had launched his major attack on Iran on June 13th and has been bombing the country and military facilities in the country since then. Iran has been attacking Israel in return with rockets and drones since then.
The United States had intervened in the war between Israel and Iran on Sunday night and attacked the Iranian nuclear facilities Fordo, Natans and Isfahan. Iran then attacked the US Air Weapon Base Al-Treid in Qatar on Monday.
Israel had justified his attack on Iran with the country’s advanced Iranian nuclear program. Iran have been accusing Iran for years to strive for nuclear weapons, which Tehran is fighting.
Iran emphasized on Tuesday that he would continue his nuclear program despite the attacks of Israel and the USA. An advisor to the Iranian spiritual head Ayatollah Ali Chamenei said that the Iran still had supplies of enriched uranium and the “game” was not over yet.
