US President Donald Trump on Monday introduced that Israel and Iran have reached a ceasefire, hours after Iran launched a missile assault on the Al Udeid airbase in Qatar – the biggest United States army base within the Center East.
“The ceasefire is now in impact. Please don’t violate it!” Trump posted on his Reality Social platform on Monday.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned Israel has agreed to the truce proposal, and Iranian state TV reported that the ceasefire had begun.
Nevertheless, Israel has ordered strikes on Tehran after accusing Iran of violating the truce – an allegation rejected by Iran.
Here’s what occurred in Qatar, what Trump has mentioned, and the visual ad on the bottom.
Did Iran assault the US base in Qatar?
Sure.
On Monday night, consecutive flares have been seen and loud explosions have been heard in Qatar’s capital, Doha, alongside different elements of the nation.
In an announcement, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) mentioned its assault was in response to the “blatant army aggression” by the US on Iran’s nuclear amenities.
Tehran mentioned it attacked the Al Udeid airbase as a result of it “serves because the command centre of the US Air Pressure and is the biggest strategic asset of the American terrorist military in West Asia”.
Qatar mentioned it had efficiently shot down 18 of 19 missiles deployed. No casualties have been reported.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani on Tuesday reiterated Qatar’s condemnation of Iran’s missile assault on the Al Udeid airbase, calling it an “unacceptable act”.
“The assault on the state of Qatar is an unacceptable act, particularly as Qatar has been making nice diplomatic efforts with a view to de-escalate the state of affairs,” mentioned Sheikh Mohammed, including Doha was “taken unexpectedly” by the transfer from what it considers a “neighbourly” nation.
Earlier, Qatar’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest towards Monday night time’s assault.
However Iran’s Overseas Ministry spokesperson defended the assault, saying it was a reliable response below Article 51 of the UN Constitution.
The assault was retaliation for the “unprovoked aggression towards Iran’s territorial integrity and nationwide sovereignty” by the US on Sunday when it hit three of Iran’s nuclear websites, Esmaeil Baghaei wrote on X.
Iran has pressured that Monday’s assault was not directed on the “brotherly” state of Qatar.
What did Trump say concerning the ceasefire?
In a publish on Reality Social, Trump mentioned {that a} “full and complete” ceasefire has been reached between Iran and Israel.
In his publish at 22:00 GMT, Trump wrote that the ceasefire would take impact “in roughly 6 hours from now”.
He moreover specified a timeline:
- The preliminary six-hour window, which ended at 04:00 GMT, was to permit Iran and Israel to finish their “ultimate missions”.
- Iran would begin the ceasefire first at 04:00 GMT on Tuesday.
- Israel would comply with 12 hours later at 16:00 GMT.
- Israel should keep on with the ceasefire for 12 hours, after which the ceasefire shall be thought of to be in full impact.
- This timeline will mark the official finish to what he termed the “Twelve Day Struggle” between Israel and Iran.
Has Israel agreed to the ceasefire?
The Israeli prime minister’s workplace launched an announcement saying that Netanyahu has accepted the ceasefire and can ship an announcement afterward Tuesday.
The assertion added that Israel has achieved “all goals” of its operation towards Iran.
“Israel has eliminated a twin fast existential risk – each within the nuclear and ballistic missile fields,” the assertion mentioned.
“In gentle of the achievement of the operation’s goals, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president’s proposal for a bilateral ceasefire,” it added.
This got here after Dan Illouz, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud get together, opposed the ceasefire, saying the one deal the federal government should signal is Iran’s “give up settlement”.
Tel Aviv-based political commentator Ori Goldberg informed Al Jazeera that Netanyahu’s claims that every one goals have been secured earlier than the ceasefire are “ridiculous”.
“It’s actually unclear, to say the least, what Israel’s targets have been. Over the previous week, we heard Israel discuss all the things from the decapitation of the nuclear programme to regime change.”
Goldberg mentioned Netanyahu had no alternative however to again the ceasefire as a result of injury brought on by Iranian assaults and stress from the Trump administration.
“Netanyahu determined to gamble on Trump coming to his rescue. Trump did, and Netanyahu is due to this fact obligated to help in Trump’s aim, which was and nonetheless is finally securing the regional deal and never launching a regional struggle.”
Did Iran comply with the ceasefire?
Iran’s high safety physique mentioned on Tuesday it had agreed to the truce. The Supreme Nationwide Safety Council, nevertheless, added Tehran doesn’t belief Israel and has its “arms on the set off”, able to “ship a decisive … response to any violating act”.
Sheikh Mohammed, who can be Qatar’s international minister, urged all events to abide by the ceasefire brokered by the Trump administration. Sheikh Mohammed mentioned Qatar, on the request of the US, reached out to Iran to assist mediate the Israel-Iran ceasefire.
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem mentioned that Qatar performed a mediation position, serving to to convey this [conflict] to an finish.
“US President Trump spoke about this, saying that – regardless of the assault that happened on Al Udeid – Qatar performed this position. It’s, in fact, one other victory for Qatari diplomacy,” he mentioned from Tehran.
What’s the visual ad on the bottom?
An Iranian missile struck a constructing in Israel’s Beersheba on Tuesday morning, killing at the very least 4 folks and injuring a number of others.
The Occasions of Israel reported that Israel intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles on Tuesday.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israeli army to “reply forcefully to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes towards regime targets within the coronary heart of Tehran”.
Iran’s army has denied the Israeli declare that it launched missiles at Israel over the previous few hours in a brief assertion carried by state media.
In a Reality Social publish on Tuesday, Trump warned Israel towards dropping bombs in Iran, saying: “ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!”
“ISRAEL just isn’t going to assault Iran. All planes will flip round and head dwelling, whereas doing a pleasant “Airplane Wave” to Iran. No person shall be harm, the Ceasefire is in impact! Thanks on your consideration to this matter!”
Trump’s historical past of ceasefire claims
Final month, Trump claimed he had helped dealer a ceasefire after 4 days of tit-for-tat missile and drone assaults between South Asian neighbours India and Pakistan.
Nevertheless, violations of the ceasefire have been reported hours after Trump’s announcement on Might 10. Each the nuclear-armed neighbours blamed one another for breaching the ceasefire settlement.
Whereas the state of affairs in South Asia has been calm since, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi informed Trump on June 18 that the ceasefire was achieved by way of talks between army officers on each side, rather than US mediation, in response to Indian Overseas Secretary Vikram Misri.
The Trump administration took credit score for mediating the ceasefire to finish the struggle in Gaza. The ceasefire was introduced on January 15 and took impact 4 days later.
On March 18, Netanyahu unilaterally ended the ceasefire and resumed assaults on Gaza, killing 1000’s since then. Trump supported Netanyahu’s resolution.
Since Israel launched the struggle on Gaza in October 2023, it has killed greater than 56,000 Palestinians, and a complete blockade since March 2 has resulted in deaths by hunger and malnutrition. After immense world stress, Israel allowed restricted UN-led assist deliveries to renew on Might 19. Later, the Gaza Humanitarian Basis, an Israeli and US-backed physique, was fashioned to distribute assist within the Palestinian enclave. However rights teams say the help distribution centres have was “human slaughterhouses”. On Monday, Israel killed at least 43 people who have been looking for assist in Gaza.
On the marketing campaign path, Trump had promised to finish the struggle between Russia and Ukraine on his first day in workplace. This didn’t occur.
After a number of talks performed between US officers, individually with Russian and Ukrainian officers in Saudi Arabia, the three sides have been unable to agree on a full ceasefire.
In Might, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to halt assaults on Ukraine’s power infrastructure however stopped wanting a broader US-backed ceasefire for 30 days. The Trump administration additionally obtained Moscow to signal a Black Sea deal in March to assist halt preventing within the Black Sea. Russia and Ukraine traded blame for violating the phrases of each agreements, which have now expired.