Israel-Iran conflict LIVE | Trump warns Israel not to target Iran, says both sides broke truce
The US President has accused Israel of immediately escalating the conflict after truce was made
US President Donald Trump claimed a ceasefire between Iran and Israel was “in effect” on Tuesday (June 24), after expressing deep frustration with both sides and accusing them of violating the agreement he brokered.
Israel earlier accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the truce was supposed to take effect. The Iranian military denied firing on Israel, state media reported.
Trump expressed anger and frustration as he told reporters at the White House that both Israel, a close ally, and Iran had violated the ceasefire plan. But later he said the deal was saved, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he held off on tougher strike against Iran after speaking to Trump.
He earlier accused Israel of immediately escalating the conflict after the agreement was made. "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."
Trump concluded by slamming both nations' actions, stating, "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f*** they're doing." This outburst underscores his apparent exasperation with the ongoing tensions in the region.
Ceasefire plan
Earlier, the two countries accepted the ceasefire plan proposed by Trump to end their 12-day conflict that roiled the Middle East, after Tehran launched a retaliatory limited missile attack on a US military base in Qatar.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also confirmed that the Israel has accepted the ceasefire deal with Iran. The prime minister’s office has released a statement in which it said Israel has achieved its goals against Iran, according to a report in The Times of Israel. “Israel has removed a dual immediate existential threat – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields,” the statement reads.
Netanyahu's statement added that the IDF “achieved full air control over Tehran’s skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets.”
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US lifts 'shelter in place' warning for Americans in Qatar
The State Department has lifted the “shelter in place” warning to Americans in Qatar that it issued earlier Monday ahead of Iranian missile launches at a US military base there in retaliation for weekend US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The embassy in Doha, which had also instructed official personnel to stay inside, revoked the guidance in a statement issued late Monday afternoon Washington time after nearly all of the missiles were intercepted and Iran signalled there would be no more.
It noted that Qatari airspace, which had been closed earlier, remained closed and that the security situation in the country could change rapidly.
