Israel Accuses Iran of Breaking Cease-Fire Announced by trump
Underscoring the fragility of the deal, Israel said tran had fired another missile barrage and threatened to retallate Irurrs military dented launching an attack after the cease-fre went into effect, Iranian state news outlets reported
The fate of a truce announced by President Trump that went into effect early Tuesday hung in the balance, as the Israelt military said Iran had fired another missile barrage and vowed to retallate
The claim from Israel’s military came just hours after the country had joined Iran in agreeing to the truce, spurning cautious hopes for an end to 12 days of unprecedented wortare between the adversaries, and as both sides seemingly claimed victory in the conflict tan’s military denied firing missiles after the crase-fire went esto effect, according to tonian state news outlets adding to the sincertainty
Mi Thammers announcement, on the eve of the NATO summat, could give the president a chance to take a victory lap at the gathering if the truce holds. The timing of it had caught some of his own officials by surprise, and both sides continued to trade fire in the last moments before confirming a truce was in effect.
The Israeli military said it had struck missile launchers in western Iran that were poised to fire at Israel. Iran launched at least four barrages of ballistic missiles at Israel, setting off sirens that sent millions of Israelis rushing in and out of shelters. At least four people were killed when a missile hit an apartment building in the southern city of Beersheba.
But by around 7.30 a.m. in Israel, a tentative calm appeared to have taken hold as the military issued an all-clear, allowing people to exit bomb shelters. Soon after, President Trump announced the truce was in force. “PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!” he added.
There was initially silence from the Israeli government, which has in the past often waited in the first, delicate hours to see whether quiet is being answered with quiet before declaring conflicts over. Just after 9 a.m. local time, Israel’s government issued a statement saying it had agreed to a mutual cease-fire, having achieved its goals in its campaign in Iran, “and in full coordination with President Trump.” Iran, similarly, cast the truce as a sign its military had prevailed.
But undenscoring the fragility of the situation, more sirens wailed in northern Israel berarty two hours later, warning of missiles launched from tran. The Israeli military But underscoring the fragility of the situation, more sitens walled in northern Israel nearly two hours later, warning of missiles launched from Iran. The Israeli military accused tran of breaking the cease fire saying in a statement that it would “respond with force