The Center East archrivals will finish their “12-day conflict,” the US president wrote on his Fact Social platform
Iran and Israel have agreed to finish hostilities, US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday night. The announcement got here hours after Iran fired missiles at a US army base in Qatar, in response to American strikes on its nuclear services.
“It has been totally agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there might be a Full and Complete CEASEFIRE (in roughly 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and accomplished their in progress, remaining missions!), for 12 hours, at which level the Conflict might be thought-about, ENDED!” Trump wrote on his Fact Social platform.
“Formally, Iran will begin the CEASEFIRE and, upon the twelfth Hour, Israel will begin the CEASEFIRE and, upon the twenty fourth Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR might be saluted by the World. Throughout every CEASEFIRE, the opposite facet will stay PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL,” he added.
“On the idea that every thing works because it ought to, which it is going to, I wish to congratulate each International locations, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Braveness, and Intelligence to finish, what needs to be referred to as, “THE 12 DAY WAR,” Trump wrote.
Neither Tehran nor West Jerusalem has reacted to the announcement. Unconfirmed reviews on social media claimed that Israel continued hanging targets in Tehran after Trump’s submit.
An Iranian official advised CNN that Tehran has not obtained any ceasefire proposal and would view Trump’s remarks as “a deception.”
“At this very second, the enemy is committing aggression in opposition to Iran, and Iran is on the verge of intensifying its retaliatory strikes, with no ear to take heed to the lies of its enemies,” the official mentioned.
Reuters, nevertheless, cited a senior Iranian official who confirmed that Tehran had agreed to the ceasefire.
Open conflict between Israel and Iran broke out on June 13, when the IDF launched strikes on army and nuclear services throughout Iran and carried out assassinations of senior Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned the operation was aimed toward stopping Iran from buying nuclear weapons.
Iran, which denies having a army nuclear program, responded by firing missiles into Israel.
On June 22, US B-2 bombers struck three Iranian nuclear websites, together with uranium enrichment services in Natanz and Fordow. The next day, Iran fired missiles on the US Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
