The current ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding, seemingly bringing an end, for now, to what President Donald Trump dubbed “The 12-Day War” between the two nations.
Meanwhile, Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s leaders have all claimed that the pause in the conflict happened on their terms.
Four hours after the ceasefire was supposed to take effect, Israel launched a strike against Iran in retaliation for what it said were two ballistic missiles entering its airspace, launched from Iran. Both were intercepted. Israel’s retaliation destroyed a radar station near Tehran.
Trump was furious. “I’m really unhappy that Israel went out this morning,” he told reporters. “We’ve got two countries that have been fighting so hard and for so long, that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing.”
Iran said it did not fire those missiles. Later, the ceasefire was back in effect. Trump spoke to Netanyahu.
“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
The Israeli government said it agreed to the ceasefire proposal after “achieving the objectives” of its attacks on Iran. According to the statement, Israel has removed Iran’s “dual immediate existential threat” from nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
It was also said that Israel has “inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets.”
Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, posted on X saying that if Israel stops its “illegal aggression” now, Iran has “no intention to continue [its] response afterwards.”
The US President said that Israel and Iran reached out to him almost simultaneously about peace. “I knew the time was now,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social.
In referring to the ceasefire that he declared, he added: “The world and the Middle East are the real winners. Both nations will see tremendous love, peace and prosperity in their futures.”
Only a few hours after he announced a ceasefire deal, Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social: “Israel & Iran came to me, almost simultaneously, and said, ‘PEACE!’ I knew the time was NOW. The World, and the Middle East, are the real WINNERS! Both Nations will see tremendous LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY in their futures.”
“They have so much to gain, and yet, so much to lose if they stray from the road of RIGHTEOUSNESS & TRUTH. The future for Israel & Iran is UNLIMITED, & filled with great PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!” the President wrote.
