United States President Donald Trump says that Iran and Israel have agreed to a “full and complete” ceasefire, which can come into impact within the coming hours.
Trump’s announcement on Monday got here shortly after an Iranian missile assault on Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts US troops in Qatar.
“On the idea that the whole lot works because it ought to, which it’s going to, I want 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 mentioned in a social media publish.
“This can be a Battle that would have gone on for years, and destroyed your complete Center East, nevertheless it didn’t, and by no means will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Center East, God bless the US of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”
Neither Israel nor Iran has confirmed the settlement.
Trump’s assertion instructed that Iran would cease firing at Israel hours earlier than the Israeli navy ends its operations.
Center East analyst Omar Rahman informed Al Jazeera that many particulars are lacking from Trump’s announcement, together with whether or not negotiations would observe the purported ceasefire.
Rahman accused Trump of earlier “deception” on behalf of Israel. The US president had re-asserted the US dedication to diplomacy hours earlier than Israel launched its preliminary assault on Iran.
Final week, Trump mentioned he would determine within two weeks whether or not to hitch Israel within the battle, solely to strike Iran two days later.
Rahman mentioned a significant Israeli assault within the ultimate hours, together with the attainable assassination of Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may blow up the deal.
“If that’s the final operation, would that all of the sudden finish the battle? No, after all, not. So, I don’t know what’s within the playing cards,” he mentioned.
Israel launched a large assault towards Iran within the early hours of June 13 with out direct provocation. Israeli officers claimed that the strikes, which killed lots of of individuals, had been “pre-emptive” assaults aimed on the nation’s nuclear and missile programmes.
Within the first wave of strikes, Israel killed a number of Iranian generals.
Iran deemed the assault an unprovoked aggression in violations of the United Nations Constitution and responded with lots of of missiles that left widespread destruction inside Israel.
On Saturday, Trump authorised US strikes on three Iranian nuclear amenities.
Earlier on Monday, Iran launched an unprecedented missile attack at Al Udeid Air Base air base in Qatar in response to the US strikes. Trump dismissed the retaliation as “weak”, suggesting that the US wouldn’t reply.
Liqaa Maki, a scholar at Al Jazeera Media Institute, mentioned the US might be able to stand up to Iranian assaults on its bases with out responding if they don’t trigger casualties.
“The US, after the essential strike on Iran’s nuclear amenities, wants to remodel the navy achievement right into a political one enshrined by an settlement,” Maki informed Al Jazeera Arabic after the Iranian assault.
He famous that Iran nonetheless has massive portions of extremely enriched uranium in addition to nuclear know-how.
“So in two to a few years, Iran may resume its nuclear exercise however with out inspections. It may produce a bomb with out the world noticing,” Maki mentioned.
The injury that the Iranian nuclear programme has sustained remains unclear. Iran insists that it’s not pursuing a nuclear weapon, whereas Israel is extensively believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.