Israeli emergency companies and safety officers seek for casualties within the rubble of a constructing hit by an Iranian missile in Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24, 2025.
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Israel and Iran stated they agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday, following President Trump’s announcement that the warring nations had agreed to cease combating.
However the way forward for such a ceasefire got here underneath speedy query, as stories endured Tuesday morning of additional airstrikes in Israel. Quickly after these stories, Israeli Protection Minister Israel Katz introduced he had ordered the Israeli army to “reply forcefully” to what he labeled Iranian airstrikes. Iran denied firing a missile in violation of the ceasefire, in accordance with Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB.
Iran’s state media reported its settlement to the ceasefire earlier Tuesday, and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Workplace has adopted with a press release that it additionally agreed.
The tenuous ceasefire comes greater than every week and a half after Israel launched its assault on Iran, resulting in lethal exchanges of missile and drone barrages between them and threatening to attract the Center East — and america — into wider warfare. It comes a couple of days after the U.S. bombed Iranian nuclear amenities.
“In gentle of the operation’s targets being achieved, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president’s proposal for a bilateral ceasefire,” the Prime Minister’s Workplace stated in a press release.
Earlier than the Israeli assertion, Trump wrote on social media in all caps: “The ceasefire is now in impact. Please don’t violate it!”
Earlier within the morning, Iran’s state TV stated Tehran had “imposed” a ceasefire on the “Zionist enemy.” Iran’s authorities doesn’t formally acknowledge Israel as a state.
Israel and Iran exchanged assaults as much as the ultimate moments when the ceasefire was as a consequence of start, inflicting casualties, in accordance with Iranian state media and Israeli emergency companies.
The ultimate demise toll from the warfare shouldn’t be instantly clear. Over the weekend, Iran’s Well being Ministry stated 430 civilians had been killed by Israel’s strikes in Iran. An impartial activist group known as the Human Rights Activists Information Company counted 974 whole fatalities, because it additionally included 268 Iranian army personnel.
Israel’s earlier demise toll was 24, in accordance with the Israeli authorities, however current barrages have triggered new fatalities.
On Monday, Trump first stated Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire that would result in an finish to the warfare between the 2 nations.
Quickly afterward, Vice President Vance, talking on Fox Information, stated Trump wished to work on a “long-term settlement” between Iran and Israel.
“I feel the Iranians are at a spot the place they do not need to carry on combating,” Vance stated within the interview.
Earlier Monday, Iran’s state-run information company Tasnim stated that Tehran launched missile assaults on U.S. bases in Qatar and Iraq. The U.S. Central Command stated the U.S. and Qatari forces efficiently intercepted the Iranian missiles focusing on the air base.
Trump stated on social media that U.S. officers had been given advance discover by Iran of the strikes.
NPR’s Hadeel Al-Shalchi contributed to this report from Tel Aviv, Israel.
